Howard T. Kneifel, World War II CasualtyPorter County Data on World War II Casualties . . . .
Howard Theodore Kneifel
Private First Class, 325th Glider Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division
Date of Birth: March 28, 1913
Date of Death: July 4, 1944
Burial: Saint Laurent Cemetery (Plot 1, Row 15, Grave 10), Saint Laurent, France
Cause of Death: Killed in Action (France)
Date of Enlistment: March 26, 19442
Awards: Purple Heart
Hometown: Kouts
Newspaper Notices:
KOUTS
Mr. and Mrs. William Kneifel received a telegram from the War department that
their son, PFC. Howard Kneifel, was missing. He has been in service since March
25, 1942, and served overseas in the Airborne outfit, 82nd Division, since a
year ago last May. His last letter stated that he landed in France in a glider.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
August 4, 1944; Volume 18, Page 8, Column 3
Kouts Items
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kneifel have received the Purple Heart which was awarded for
their son, P.F.C. Howard Kneifel, who was killed in France July 4, 1944. He was
born in Kouts March 28, 1912, and was a graduate of Kouts high school. He was
drafted March 26, 1942, and had his training in Louisiana and North Carolina
before being sent across in April, 1943. He was in Africa, Sicily, Ireland,
England and participated in the invasion of France. He was in the 325th
Infantry. Besides his parents he is survived by five brothers and five sisters,
Mrs. Alva White of Hammond, Wm. Kneifel of Hobart, Mrs. Sam Hall of Hebron, Mrs.
Ellis Pullins, Robert Kneifel of Valparaiso, Mrs. Allen Hall, Mrs. Alvin Kleman,
Arthur Kneifel and Lamber Kenifel of Kouts, besides a host of relatives and
friends.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
September 29, 1944; Volume 18, Page 10, Column 4
KOUTS
Correction of item last week, in regard to P.F.C. Howard Kneifel who was killed
in action, the date of his birth was March 28, 1913, and the name of his
brother, Fred Kneifel, was omitted.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
October 7, 1944; Volume 18, Page 3, Column 5
Purple Heart Posthumously To Howard Kniefel
Mr. and Mrs. William Kniefel, Kouts RFD 1, Wednesday received the Purple Heart
which was awarded posthumously to their son, Howard Theodore Kniefel, of the
glider division, who was killed in action in France on July 4, 1944. Young
Kniefel landed in France on June 8. He is the second Kouts boy killed in action.
Sgt. Howard Pumroy, member of the U. S. Marine Corps, was killed in action in
the South Pacific in August, 1942.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
October 12, 1944; Volume 18, Page 1, Column 1
KOUTS
Corp. Ralph Hough, who is serving overseas, has written home that he has been in
the cemetery, and visited the grave of PFC. Howard Kneifel, who was killed July
4, 1944. Address: Corp. Ralph E. Hough, A. P. O. 566, care Postmaster, New York,
N. Y.
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Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
April 27, 1945; Volume 18, Page 3, Column 2
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Information abstracted and transcribed by Steven R. Shook