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Personal info

Full name
SELL, Edward William
Date of birth
13 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois
Hometown
Peru, LaSalle County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36312542
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
272nd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 19 25

Immediate family

Members
Max Sell (father)
Anna L. Sell (mother)
Lucille Sell (sister)
Irene Sell (sister)
Arthur Sell (brother)
Stewart Sell (brother)

More information

T/5 Edward W. Sell enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 19 January 1942.

He was fatally wounded by a sniper while attending a wounded member of B Company.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.69th-infantry-division.net - Unit Histories / Medical Detachment, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Judith Roney