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Personal info

Full name
AREKLET, Norman John
Date of birth
25 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36296075
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 4 68

Immediate family

Members
Johannes N. Areklet (father)
Agnes C. (Bollman) Areklet (mother)
Mary A. Areklet (sister)
Jeanette H. Areklet (sister)
Virginia Areklet (sister)

More information

Pfc Norman J. Areklet was a locomotive fireman before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 January 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his back.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - dha, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Superior, Wisconsin