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Personal info

Full name
MARTEL, Lionel F
Date of birth
24 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine
Hometown
Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31399697
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 39 49

Immediate family

Members
Leon Martel (father)
Anna M. (Belleville) Martel (mother)
Annette Martel (sister)
Larent L. Martel (brother)
Simone (Perreault) Martel (wife)
Constance Martel (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Marte was employed at the South Portland shipyard.

He enlisted on 23 November 1943, and was sent overseas in March 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, Connie Lagasse Russell / www.ancestry.com, Lebel Family Tree, 1920 - 1940 Census, The Lewiston Daily - 7 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten, The Lewiston Daily - 7 March 1945