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Personal info

Full name
PRELL, Henry T
Date of birth
16 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Grant County, South Dakota
Hometown
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35159070
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 22 30

Immediate family

Members
Herbert T. Prell (father)
Louise W. (Siede) Prell (mother)
Franz S. Prell (brother)

More information

Pfc Henry T. Prell attended college before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 18 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / South Dakota Birth Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Anderson High School 1930 Indian Yearbook