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Personal info

Full name
POWELL, Albert Eugene
Date of birth
9 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Finleyville, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Finleyville, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33707894
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Col de Sainte-Marie, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 32 27

Immediate family

Members
Albert Powell (father)
Mary M. (Yant) Powell (mother)
Bernice I. Powell (sister)
William L. Powell (brother)
George C. Powell (brother)
John D. Powell (brother)

More information

Pvt Albert E. Powell was a driver before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 30 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Raymond B. Devore Jr Family, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy