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Personal info

Full name
DARNELL, Paul B
Date of birth
28 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Enfield, White County, Illinois
Hometown
Proviso, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
20600437
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 20 19

Immediate family

Members
Paul B. Darnell (father)
Bertha E. (Long) Darnell (mother)
Theodore D. Darnell (brother)
Leroy Darnell (brother)
Charles E. Darnell (brother)
Grace L. Darnell (sister)
John W. Darnell (brother)
Martha N. Darnell (sister)
Betty L. Darnell (sister)
Herman B. Darnell (brother)
Eileen F. Darnell (sister)

More information

Pfc Paul B. Darnell voluntary enlisted in the Illinois National Guard on 11 December 1941.

He attended the Proviso High School and worked in a food canning factory before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, http://bataanproject.com/Darnell.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – JimO, http://bataanproject.com/Darnell.html