Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
ENGEL, Curt Alois
Date of birth
28 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois
Hometown
Georgetown, El Dorado County, California

Military service

Service number
39082915
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sibret, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 6 4

Immediate family

Members
William J. Engel (father)
Theresa M. (Sliepen) Engel (mother)
William J. Engel (brother)
Edward H. Engel (brother)
Elmer Engel (brother)
Inez E. Engel (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Curt A. Engel attended Bellville Township High School (Illinois) for two years and was a miner.

He enlisted in Sacramento, California on 9 October 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, After action report 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister