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Personal info

Full name
PEEL, Charles James
Date of birth
21 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill Country, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33024064
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
Vossenack, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 23 6

Immediate family

Members
Thomas W. H. Peel (father)
Mame J. (Holzer) Peel (mother)
Robert Peel (brother)
Doris E. Peel (sister)
Matthew Peel (brother)
William Peel (brother)
Loretta K. Peel (sister)

More information

Sgt Charles J. Peel enlisted at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 17 April 1941. He attended high school for 2 years and was an engineer before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Johan Heijkers, Terry Hirsch, www.schuylkillhavenhistory.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert