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Personal info

Full name
FREDELL, William Leonard
Date of birth
17 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
East Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33432893
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Verzevelle-Domfaing, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 6

Immediate family

Members
Fingal R. Fredell (father)
Carrie M. (Nelson) Fredell (mother)
Robert N. Fredell (brother)
John R. Fredell (brother)
Arthur C. Fredell (brother)

More information

Pvt William L. Fredell graduated from Kane High School.

He was a sales clerk, employed by B.L. Harder before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 13 February 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to the back.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial,com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Joem Frampton Gilfert, www.newspapers.com - The Kane Republican