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Personal info

Full name
PENUEL, Pete
Date of birth
24 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Winter Garden, Orange County, Florida

Military service

Service number
14038187
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
West of Lemoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 74

Immediate family

Members
Hugh W. Penuel (father)
Myra C. (Taylor) Penuel (mother)
Adele Penuel (sister)
Betty Penuel (sister)
Jack T. Penuel (brother)
Hugh W. Penuel (brother)

More information

Pvt Pete Penuel attended high school for one year and was a driver before he joined the Regular Army in Jacksonville, Florida on 16 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / Lagan Nivison Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – J. W. Penuel