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Personal info

Full name
BELL, Howard L
Date of birth
17 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri
Hometown
Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37200192
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
743rd Tank Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 November 1944
Place of death
Near Würselen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 43

Immediate family

Members
Charles Bell (father)
Lucinda Bell (mother)
Audrie Bell (sister)
Leonard Bell (brother)
John Bell (brother)
Myrtle Bell (sister)
James Bell (brother)
Mildred Bell (sister)

More information

T/4 Bell enlisted at Fort Leavenworth on 29 February 1944.

He was killed by mortar fire when Bell and three other men had gone to retrieve a tank bogged in a bomb crater.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement and service during the period from 6 June 1944 to 7 November 1944 in France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany.

He is remembered at the Tracy Cemetery in Pineville, Missouri.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion, S-3 Journal 743rd Tank Battalion

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ben Savelkoul