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Personal info

Full name
HEWEL, Joseph Vincent
Date of birth
26 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Denmark, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Hometown
Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33681880
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Liesel, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 9 16

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Hewel (father)
Mary E. (Jones) Hewel (mother)
La Vaughn Hewel (sister)
Frances (Thompson) Hewel (wife)
Ruth J. Hewel (daughter)
Gerald V. Hewel (son)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1920 Census

Photo source:
Peter Schouteten, Pierre van Dalen, Richard Schoutissen