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Personal info

Full name
VAN QUEKELBERGHE, Arnold H
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Salineville, Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35601276
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Remagne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 8 57

Immediate family

Members
John van Quekelberghe (father)
Elizabeth van Quekelberghe (mother)
Alice van Quekelberghe (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Arnold H. Van Quekelberghe attended high school for two years and was employed at the Republic Steel Company before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 1 February 1943. He was sent overseas in October 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.newspapers.com – The Evening Review 20 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Evening Review 20 January 1945