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Personal info

Full name
HABEL, John Jr
Date of birth
7 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska
Hometown
Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming

Military service

Service number
37361717
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fenetrange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 39

Immediate family

Members
John Habel (father)
Lula A. (Peterson) Habel (mother)
Earl Habel (brother)
Roy Habel (brother)
Stella Habel (sister)
Alice Habel (sister)
Harold Habel (brother)
Velma E. (Graham) Habel (wife)
Elizabeth A. Habel (daughter)
John E. Habel (son)

More information

Pvt John Habel graduated from Hastings High School in 1934.

He enlisted at Fort Logan, Colorado on 18 March 1944. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - Wyoming WWII Draft Registration Cards
www.findagrave.com, www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/4AD-ETO.htm,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Hastings High School, 1934