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Personal info

Full name
SORELL, Howard Donald
Date of birth
25 March 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota
Hometown
Mankato, Nicolett County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37591956
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
3 October 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 32 9

Immediate family

Members
William A. Sorell (father)
Margaret M. (Lewis) Sorell (mother)
Evelyn A. Sorell (sister)
William B. Sorell (brother)
Herbert G. Sorell (brother)
Iona D. (LaGow) Sorell (wife)
Delores Sorell (daughter)
Howard E. Sorell (son)

More information

Pfc Howard D. Sorell worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 25 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sorell Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Mayflower Pilgrim 332
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Shawn Collis