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Personal info

Full name
SCHENKEL, Emil Henry
Date of birth
9 November 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Lyon County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37729349
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Süchteln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 12 32

Immediate family

Members
John J. Schenkel (father)
Katherine K. (Hergert) Schenkel (mother)
Charles F. Schenkel (brother)
Esther M. Schenkel (sister)
Eslie V. Schenkel (sister)
Marie K. Schenkel (sister)
Harold R. Schenkel (brother)
Samuel Schenkel (brother)
John J. Schenkel (brother)
Hannah F. (Foos) Schenkel (wife)
Ray Schenkel (son)

More information

Emil Schenkel graduated from Bazine High School and Bethany College.

He enlisted on 9 January 1944.

He was killed by gunfire.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, John Braad, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, John Braad