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Personal info

Full name
NETTEL, Charles Joseph
Date of birth
11 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Worton, Kent County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33372281
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 66

Immediate family

Members
Marguerite M. (Besse) Nettel (mother)

More information

T/5 Charles J. Nettel attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 21 August 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten