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Personal info

Full name
HELLRIGEL, Peter Jacob
Date of birth
15 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Carlstadt, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32778631
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 13 49

Immediate family

Members
Peter Hellrigel (father)
Catherine Hellrigel (mother)
Catherine Hellrigel (sister)
Charles Hellrigel (brother)
Jean Hellrigel (sister)
James Hellrigel (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Peter J. Hellrigel graduated from Clifton High School and was employed by the East Paterson plant of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation.

He enlisted on 13 April 1943 and trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina. After volunteering for the paratroopers he was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia for preliminary training and Camp Mackall, North Carolina and Camp Forrest, Tennessee for advanced training. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/513/513_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey - 10 February 1945