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Personal info

Full name
BONNELL, Philip Edgar
Date of birth
19 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42009544
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Le Mans, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 24

Immediate family

Members
Lewis E. Bonnell (father)
Anna M. (Fleckenstein) Bonnell (mother)
Rose V. Bonnell (sister)
Helen Bonnell (sister)

More information

Pfc Philip E. Bonnell attended high school for 2 years and was employed as a skilled mechanic and repairman at Tire Trading Company

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey, on 14 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Allmerge Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery