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Personal info

Full name
NAGEL, Howard N
Date of birth
7 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42022981
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 28 7

Immediate family

Members
Edward A. Nagel (father)
Rose Nagel (mother)
Ruth C. Nagel (sister)
Earl G. Nagel (brother)
Maryanne Nagel (sister)
Lorraine P. (Schultz) Nagel (wife)

More information

Pvt Howard N. Nagel attended Hutchinson Central High School and was employed by the D, L&W Railroad before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 28 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Buffalo News - 13 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Buffalo News - 13 February 1945