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Personal info

Full name
SPANGLER, Paul John
Date of birth
25 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
New Oxford, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33876084
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Neustadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 6 30

Immediate family

Members
Paul S. Spangler (father)
Mary C. (Eline) Spangler (mother)
Mildred M. (Schlaline) Spangler (wife)
Teresa M. Spangler (daughter)
Rita C. Spangler (daughter)

More information

Pfc Paul J. Spangler was employed at the Mrs. Smith pie bakery before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 18 July 1944. He was sent overseas on 1 January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Strausbaugh Descendants Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Evening Sun 9 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen