17th Armored Engineer Battalion in World War 2

17th Engineers during World War Two

Roll of Honor

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Photo of George M Natale
George M Natale
Unit: 17 Engr Bn 2nd Armd Div, Company Unknown Rank: PrivateBorn: 1908

Awards and Citations: Purple Heart (unconfirmed)
Enlisted: 03/12/1942
Deceased: 10/13/1944 (Killed in Action)
Location: Ft Devens, Massachusetts, United States
Hometown: Massachusetts
Army Serial Number: 31072785
Burial: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Plot: D row 8 grave 41
GPS (lat/lon):

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Photo of Cleon Neal
Cleon Neal
Unit: 17 Engr Bn 2nd Armd Div, Company Unknown Rank: PrivateBorn: 04/04/1918

Awards and Citations: Purple Heart
Enlisted: 05/22/1941
Deceased: <24/08/1944 KIA (Killed in Action)
Location: Barenton, Normandy France
Hometown: Gibson, Glascock County, Georgia, United States
Army Serial Number: 34082747
Burial: Current: Unknwon. Temporary: the Le Chêne-Guérin American Cemetary in Normandy ,France.
Plot: –
GPS (lat/lon): –

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Photo of Clyde H. Nugent
Clyde H. Nugent
Unit: 17 Engr Bn 2nd Armd Div, Company A Rank: Staff SergeantBorn: 01/19/1907

Awards and Citations: Purple Heart unconfirmed
Enlisted: Unknown
Deceased: 06/12/1943 KIA (Killed in Action)
Location: North African Campaign/ Invasion Sicily
Hometown: Michigan
Army Serial Number: 36103713
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Plot: unknown
GPS (lat/lon): unknown

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