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Personal info

Full name
PELL, Thomas Eugene
Date of birth
14 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O1012202
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mittersheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 15 17

Immediate family

Members
Leonard C. Pell (father)
Helen (Boersma) Pell (mother)
Robert W. Pell (brother)
Leonard Pell Jr. (brother)

More information

Capt Thomas E. Pell enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 14 June 1941.

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 - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Andrews World Connect / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 53rd AIB July 44 thru May 1945

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