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Personal info

Full name
KEMPEL, Michael L
Date of birth
23 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Kalisz, Kyausko, Pomorskie, Poland
Hometown
Dresden, Cavalier County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37588216
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 71

Immediate family

Members
Walter Kempel (father)
Anna M. (Klevowich) Kempel (mother)
Joseph Kempel Jr. (brother)
Jacob W. Kempel (brother)
Katherine Kempel (sister)
Elizabeth H. Kempel (sister)
Anna Kempel (sister)
Mary Kempel (sister)
Walter Kempel (brother)
Clara Kempel (sister)
Sigrid C. Kempel (wife)
Avlene H. Kempel (daughter)
Vernon A. Kempel (son)
Lawrence Kempel (son)

More information

Pvt Michael L. Kempel worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 22 January 1944.

Pvt Kempel is remembered at Saint Michaels Cemetery in Dresden Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Kaurin Paul E Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / kateb