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Personal info

Full name
RUMELL, Peter Anthony
Date of birth
5 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36912125
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Peffingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 65

Immediate family

Members
Anton Rumell (father)
Gus Panapos (stepfather)
Helen Rumell (mother)
Victoria Rumell (sister)
James A. Rumell (brother)
Perry Panapos (half brother)

More information

Pvt Peter A. Rumell graduated from Tilden Technical High School in 1944 and was employed at White Front Grocery Store.

The family changed their name from Roumeleotes in the mid-1930's.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Tilden Technical High School - 1944