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Personal info

Full name
ANGEL, Lee Melvin
Date of birth
8 March 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California
Hometown
Julian, San Diego County, California

Military service

Service number
39286653
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 21

Immediate family

Members
Fred Angel (father)
Lucy Angel (mother)
Theodore Angel (brother)
Clarence Angel (brother)
Sylvia Angel (sister)
Margarete Angel (sister)
Cedric Angel (brother)
Betty (Jones) Angel (wife)
Melvin Angel (son)
Milo Angel (son)

More information

S/Sgt Lee M. Angel was a chauffeur before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 2 March 1943.

S/Sgt Angel was a Native American.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov,
www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, Mrs. Robbie Porter