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Personal info

Full name
PEEL, William Howard
Date of birth
30 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Linwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Kent County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
32265606
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 4 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Peel Sr. (father)
Florence E. Peel (mother)
Robert Peel (brother)
Charles Peel (brother)

More information

William Peel was a graduate of the Clayton High School.

Cpl William H. Peel was employed at the Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company before he enlisted in the Army on 15 April 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. After his enlistment he served as a cook at several camps. Later he transferred to the infantry and went overseas in February 1945.

He was killed in action east of the Rhine in Germany during the war. He had served in the Army for two years and eleven months at the time of his death.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal 25 April 1945