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Personal info

Full name
SUMMERELL, Bonnie A
Date of birth
8 May 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Halifax County, North Carolina
Hometown
Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35296844
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 1

Immediate family

Members
Louis D. Summerell (father)
Lisa T. Summerell (mother)
James L. Summerell (brother)
John R. Summerell (brother)
Florence O. Summerell (sister)
Frances D. (Morgan) Summerell (wife)
Bonnie L. Summerell (son)

More information

Pvt Bonnie A. Summerell was employed at the National Porcelain Products before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 2 December 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach while he was evacuating wounded men from the front.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1910 Census, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Bethany, www.newspapers.com - The Marion Star 5 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / 50th AIB