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HETZEL, Roderick Wells - Date of
birth
6 February 1911 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Southport, Fairfield County, Connecticut -
Hometown
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31330377 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
27 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Rémabois Forest, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 5 | 23 |
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph L. Hetzel (father)
Mary H. (Wells) Hetzel (mother)
Joseph L. Hetzel (brother)
Paul H. Hetzel (brother)
John E. Hetzel (brother)
Barbara M. (Bauman) Hetzel (wife)
More information
Cpl Roderick W. Hetzel attended college for one year and was employed at the Connecticut Motor Club Travel Counselor before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 22 March 1943.He died in a hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments in his chest and femur.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hetzel Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Hetzel Family Tree