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Personal info

Full name
PANNELL, William Roy
Date of birth
26 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Blue Springs, Union County, Mississippi
Hometown
Union County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34474416
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Vossenack, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 3 7

Immediate family

Members
Walter A. Pannell (father)
Katrina M. Pannell (mother)
Opal Pannell (sister)
Christine Pannell (sister)
Hazel M. Pannell (sister)
Daphne Pannell (sister)
Joice Pannell (sister)
Mary J. Pannell (sister)

More information

Pfc William R. Pannell enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 24 October 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - bobbrownjr1945