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Personal info

Full name
BELL, John W
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Mobile County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34787714
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Near Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 46 13

Immediate family

Members
Noah A. Bell (brother)

More information

Pvt John W. Bell was a mechanic and repairman of motor vehicles before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 18 June 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back and leg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Fellow Vet, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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