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Personal info

Full name
HUMMEL, Delbert G
Date of birth
8 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33014855
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 13

Immediate family

Members
Elias H. Hummel (father)
Blanche S. (Shambach) Hummel (mother)
Sterryl R. Hummel (brother)
Marjorie B. Hummel (sister)

More information

Pfc Delbert G. Hummel graduated from Sellinsgrove High School and worked at a local packagings plant.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 27 April 1942.

At the time of his death, the 3rd Battalion was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Maspelt - Lommersweiler - Steinebrück, Belgium.

His brother Sterryl served in New Guinea.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Walters Family Tree, www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Selinsgrove Times-Tribune