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Personal info

Full name
BELL, Guy Wesley
Date of birth
31 October 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Heard County, Georgia
Hometown
Franklin, Heard County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34354020
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 37

Immediate family

Members
Ike F. Bell (father)
Stella G. (Jackson) Bell (mother)
Willie C. Bell (brother)
Emma L. Bell (sister)
Annie R. Bell (sister)
Clyde N. Bell (sister)

More information

Pfc Guy W. Bell worked on a general farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 21 July 1942.

He is remembered at the Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Lancaster Family Tree / WWII Draft Card, www.findagrave.com - Sandgate / Gerry Bell

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Sandgate