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Personal info

Full name
BAHEL, Robert Charles
Date of birth
16 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35096449
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near Neffe, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 31

Immediate family

Members
Fedor Bahel (father)
Anna Bahel (mother)

More information

Pvt Robert C. Bahel enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 10 March 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and employed at General American Ordnance Plant.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us / Draft Registration

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Thomas Clark