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Personal info

Full name
ELL, John W
Date of birth
13 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Ashley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1309354
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Eerde, on the way from Schijndel to Veghel, near Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 16 31

Immediate family

Members
Adolph F. Ell (father)
Rose M. (Holschele) Ell (mother)
Bernard M. Ell (brother)
Adolph F. Ell (brother)
Donald J. Ell (brother)

More information

1st Lt John W. Ell graduated from Dickinson College with the class of 1940 and was employed in the Library of Congress, Washington.

He enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 27 August 1941.

In England he volunteered for the Pathfinders.

He was killed by a German artillery shell.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.ancestry.com - Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Family Tree, The Wilkes-Barre Record (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

Photo source: www.specialforcesroh.com, Peter Schouteten, Twan v.d. Hurk, The Wilkes-Barre Record (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)