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Personal info

Full name
FENNELL, Edward Martin
Date of birth
25 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36308999
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Matzerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 52

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Fennell (father)
Sophia A. (Krawczyk) Fennell (mother)
Sophie M. Fennell (sister)
Delores M. (Fitzpatrick) Fennell (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Edward M. Fennell attended high school for three years and was a brakeman with the railroad company before he enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 13 December 1941.
He died in a field hospital to the effects of a gunshot wound in the stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Whalen Family / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Rich, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – Chicago Tribune 22 July 1945