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Personal info

Full name
SCHUDEL, William R K
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15014395
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 55

Immediate family

Members
Henry Schudel (father)
Mary E. Schudel (mother)
John Schudel (brother)
Clarence Schudel (brother)
Mary K. Schudel (sister)

More information

S/Sgt. William R.K. Schudel enlisted in the Regular Army at Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 23 October 1940.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Ohio Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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