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Personal info

Full name
MARTEL, Leo
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Canada
Hometown
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31087180
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 59

Immediate family

Members
Frank Martel (father)
Marie Martel (mother)
Yvonne Martel (sister)

More information

T/4 Leo Martel worked for the Firestone Rubber and Latex Products Company.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 March 1942 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey and Camp Butner, North Carolina. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James L. Cooper / Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Dan Sheahan, Reference Staff Fall River Main Library - Herald News 27 January 1945