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Personal info

Full name
WANDELL, James Latrobe
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
St. Matthews, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
36902936
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 28

Immediate family

Members
Lee L. Wandell (father)
Nelle F. (Self) Wandell (mother)
Frank E. Wandell (brother)

More information

Pfc James L. Wandell graduated from du Pont Manuel Training High School, where he had been cheer leader. He attended Illinois college in Jacksonville.

Pfc James L. Wandell was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / My Family Tree Branches, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Dupont Manual High School Yearbook 1943