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ENGLE, Norman A - Date of
birth
5 August 1914 -
Age
30 -
Place of birth
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois -
Hometown
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1324831 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 April 1945 - Place of
death
Nuremberg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 8 | 24 |
Immediate family
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Members
Boyd B. Engle (father)
Margaret L. (Armstrong) Engle (mother)
William B. Engle (brother)
More information
2nd Lt Norman A. Engle attended 3 years of high school and was a clerk.He joined the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 19 January 1942. He was later transferred to the infantry.
He was taken prisoner of war in the vicinity of Schlausenbach, Germany on 16 December 1944 and was imprisoned at Stalag XIII-D in the vicinity of Nuremberg, Germany.
During a raid on the Nuremberg railroad yard on 5 April 1945, performed by the U.S. Army Air Force, a column of American officers was hit with 29 men killed.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, www.ancestry.com - Engle-Brandenburg Family Tree