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Personal info

Full name
PENHALE, La Due Wendell
Date of birth
24 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Lyon County, Minnesota
Hometown
Lyon County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
6860259
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
Company Sergeant
Unit
C Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
41st Evac Hospital
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 32

Immediate family

Members
William F. Penhale (father)
Mary E. (Wendell) Penhale (mother)
Gladys M. Penhale (sister)
Dolores Penhale (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Minnesota Births and Christenings

Photo source: Jac Engels