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Personal info

Full name
BELL, Dero Prewitt
Date of birth
17 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Double Springs, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Hometown
Maben, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34875511
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
1 June 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 29 22

Immediate family

Members
Rufus M. Bell (father)
Nannie P. (Fulgham) Bell (mother)
Willard C. Bell (brother)
Howard Bell (brother)
John A. Bell (brother)

More information

Pfc Dero P. Bell enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 26 October 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, https://36th-id.frb.io
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