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Personal info

Full name
PEELE, William Danzel
Date of birth
27 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina
Hometown
Norfolk County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33519292
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Oberlimberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Belton J. Peele (father
Mary Peele (mother)
Otho L. Peele (brother)
Henry T. Peele (brother)
Belton Peele (brother)
Margaret C. Peele (sister)
Howard B. Peele (brother)
Earl C. Peele (brother)

More information

Pfc William D. Peele was a waiter before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 10 December 1942.

He is remembered at the Mary Love Cemetery in Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – John Evans

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hansen / Darrell, Young American Patriots