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Personal info

Full name
SCHEIBEL, William Robert
Date of birth
26 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan
Hometown
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36104434
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
275th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
Grosbliederstroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 47

Immediate family

Members
William F. Scheibel (father)
Lena L. (Peterson) Scheibel (mother)
Ella Scheibel (sister)

More information

Sgt William R. Scheibel was employed at General Motors Truck Corporation.

He is remembered at the Lakeview Cemetery in Ludington, Mason County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Jan, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Rick