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Personal info

Full name
KETTEL, Arthur Fred
Date of birth
12 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Wildrose, Williams County, North Dakota
Hometown
Sequim, Clallam County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39472107
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Forêt de Grémercey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 38

Immediate family

Members
Carl W. Kettel (father)
Orla V. (Kolke) Kettel (mother)
Harold E. Kettel (brother)
Ernest Kettel (brother)
Lawrence Kettel (brother)
Delores E. Kettel (sister)

More information

Pvt Arthur F. Kettel attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 21 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to his loin.

He was first buries 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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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