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Personal info

Full name
MANDELL, Irving M
Date of birth
28 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
36887169
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Mouterhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 47

Immediate family

Members
Harry Mandell (father)
Mollie (Gottlieb) Mandell (mother)
Betty (Greenberg) Mandell (wife)

More information

Pfc Irving M. Mandell attended Central High School for 2 years and was a sales clerk.

He enlisted on 27 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / 1940 Census / Michigan Marriage Records, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Jewish War Veterans Department of Michigan