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Personal info

Full name
SENDEL, William Howard
Date of birth
9 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Weatherly, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lehington, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33831012
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 37

Immediate family

Members
Robert O. Sendel (father)
Mary M. Sendel (mother)
Margaret S. Sendel (sister)
Robert C. Sendel (brother)
William C. Sendel (brother)
Edith Sendel (wife)

More information

Pvt William H. Sendel graduated from Lehington High School and was an amusement park attendant before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 10 August 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Vicsik Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications, www.80thDivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent