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Personal info

Full name
NEITZEL, Earl Arthur
Date of birth
24 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
Hometown
La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36765073
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 44

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Neitzel (father)
Ida E. (Hitz) Neitzel (mother)
Walter Neitzel (brother)
Minnie Neitzel (sister)
LaVerne A. (Hoffman) Neitzel (wife)
LeRoy E. Neitzel (son)

More information

Pfc Earl A. Neitzel attended the Lyons Township High School and was a clerk before he enlisted on 28 August 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - LaVerne Seward, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Carrera Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks LaGrance, Illinois / Denise Carrera