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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, George Joseph
Date of birth
25 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33837841
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Near Hattstatt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 22

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Mitchell (father)
Jennie (Morgans) Mitchell (mother)
Clyde Mitchell (brother)
Robert L. Mitchell (brother)
Edith J. Mitchell (sister)
Christine Mitchell (sister)
Elva Mitchell (sister)
Eleanor G. (Brown) Mitchell (wife)
Gloria J. Mitchell (daughter)

More information

Pvt George J. Mitchell attended high school for three years.

He was a life guard at the Schuylkill County Country Club for ten years and had been employed at the Allegheny Steel Company before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 26 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com, www.findagrave.com - Joel Frampton Gilfert / 50th AIB / Tim Gruber, www.newspapers.com - The Call 23 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Joel Frampton Gilfert / 50th AIB, The Call 23 February 1945