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Personal info

Full name
PENNEL, Charles William
Date of birth
15 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
York County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33931115
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 12

Immediate family

Members
Alva W. Pennel (father)
Edith M. Pennel (mother)
Edna E. Pennel (sister)
Floy M. Pennel (brother)
Edith L. Pennel (sister)
Roy L. Pennel (brother)
Helen G. Pennel (sister)
Paul Pennel (brother)
Laverne M. (Brallier) Pennel (wife)
Lanny P. Pennel (son)
Judith E. Pennel (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles W. Pennel attended high school for 2 years and worked in the production of ferrous and nonferrous metals at the York Safe and Lock Company.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 4 April 1944 and trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was sent to Europe in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Genealogy Detective, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, Everett Press 5 January 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - Hanover Evening Sun