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Personal info

Full name
WADDELL, Oscar L
Date of birth
1 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chester County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13174936
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 16 14

Immediate family

Members
Harry Waddell (father)
Myrtle F. Waddell (mother)
Kathryn Waddell (sister)
George Waddell (brother)

More information

Pfc Oscar L. Waddell was a stock clerk before he joined the Regular Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 30 March 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 13th Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet