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Personal info

Full name
NAEGELE, James Franklin
Date of birth
13 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana
Hometown
Dillsboro, Dearborn County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35736473
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 10 56

Immediate family

Members
Alvah F. Naegele (father)
Ruth M. (Windhorst) Naegele (mother)
William C. Naegele (adoptive father)
Mary E. (Mackey) Naegele (adoptive mother)
Helen Naegele (sister)
Paul M. Waldon (half brother)

More information

James F. Naegele's father died in 1927 and his mother remarried with Clarence W. Waldon. His mother died a few years later in 1932 and James and his sister Helen were adopted by his grandparents.

Pvt Naegele enlisted on 19 November 1943. He joined his unit on 9 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Family Trees

Photo source: Dennis de Munck