WWI

Earl H. Opel

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
September 30 1893

Date of Death
September 28 1918

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
April 16 1917 - September 28 1918

Conflicts & Campaigns

American Expeditionary Forces (France) May 25, 1918 - September 28, 1918
Captured town of Sergy, France. Battle of Saint-Mihiel

Significant Duty Stations

Company C, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart; Killed September 28, 1918 during the battle for Saint Mihiel, Sergy, France.

Notes

Born; Salisbury, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Earl H. Opel American Legion Post #459 is named in honor of Private Earl H. Opel. Burial; Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia. (Uncle. mother's brother, of Helen Newman King. Helen is the wife of SCPO William Bryan King, Historian, American Legion Post #122 Cairo, Georgia.