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Personal info

Full name
CHADWELL, Delmas Birchel
Date of birth
14 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Laurel County, Kentucky
Hometown
Brock, Laurel County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35668369
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Near Haintchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 70

Immediate family

Members
Evan C. Chadwell (father)
Mary I. (Rudder) Chadwell (mother)
Ernest R. Chadwell (brother)
Estill R. Chadwell (brother)
Thelma K. Chadwell (sister)
Everett J. Chadwell (brother)
Eugene J. Chadwell (brother)

More information

Sgt Delmas B. Chadwell attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 27 October 1942.

He died in a field hospital due to injuries he got from a gun shot.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Perry Twidwell Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Kent D. Myrick
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