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Personal info

Full name
KNEBEL, Frank E "Butch"
Date of birth
16 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas

Military service

Service number
6282354
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Near Cheminot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 23 14

Immediate family

Members
Frank Knebel (father)
Emilia (Ripper) Knebel (mother)
Steve J. Knebel (brother)
Henry R. Knebel (brother)
Lillie Knebel (sister)
George F. Knebel (brother)
Benjamin T. Knebel (brother)
Edward J. Knebel (brother)
Dorothy M. Knebel (sister)

More information

Pfc Frank E. Knebel attended high school for one year and worked on the family farm before he joined the Regular Army in Houston, Texas on 8 January 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
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