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Personal info

Full name
POPELL, Harold
Date of birth
18 November 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
32735482
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 80

Immediate family

Members
Harris Popell (father)
Theresa (Berger) Popell (mother)
Charles Popell (brother)
Anna L. Popell (sister)
Minnie Popell (sister)
Mary Popell (sister)
Sarah Popell (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold Popell was employed as a lineman at Stromberg-Carlson Company.

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 16 February 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Democrat and Chronicle - 7 March 1945