Name:
Wilbur D. Rabel
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
35922524
Unit:
634th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Death:
1945-04-15
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, NLD
Plot:
O
Row:
11
Grave:
25
Decoration:
Silver Star, Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
When Wilbur D. Rabel was born on October 24, 1917, in Plain, Ohio, his father, Charles, was 47 and his mother, Edna, was 40. He married Evelyn Marie Teeling in 1938 in Ohio. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Sergeant in the 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion. He died on April 15, 1945 and is now buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.