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Personal info

Full name
NEAL, Rell
Date of birth
11 February 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia
Hometown
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
34407231
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bouzonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 12 43

Immediate family

Members
Hugh W. Neal (father)
Pricy (Rutherford) Neal (mother)
Lassie Neal (sister)
Lance L. Neal (brother)
Wilma J. Neal (sister)
Grant Neal (brother)
Flora E. Neal (wife)

More information

T/5 Rell Neal attended high school for one year and was a miner and mining-machine operator before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 20 October 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lambert Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Major M