Sergeant Neel was killed in the explosion of B-17 Flying Fortress #42-30024 "Caroline" at Ridgewell, England. He also has a memorial at the Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, GA.
4/10/1949 - Page 32 - The Atlanta Constitution
KENTUCKY RITES FOR SGT. NEEL
Funeral services for Sgt. Joseph L. Neel, 381st Bombardment Gp, 533rd Sq., who was killed in England June 23, 1943, will be held Tuesday at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Sgt. Neel was a graduate of North Fulton High School and the University of Georgia. He was a member of SPM and Chi Phi fraternities.
Sgt. Neel's brother, the late Robert W Neel, Jr Lt. , a Navy pilot, was killed in the battle of Kwajalein on January 29, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Neel, of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Thomas H. Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Neel, of Atlanta. Cenotaph: United States Army Air Force, Killed in Action at Ridgewell, Essex, England.
The B-17, assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces airfield at Ridgewell, England, exploded while bombs were being handled. One commissioned officer, 22 enlisted men and one English civilian, who was peddling his bicycle nearby, were killed.
Originally buried in the Brookwood Cemetery in England, the remains of the men who could not be individually identified, were repatriated to the U.S. and interred in a common grave at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in 1949.
The men were:
Paul E Tull
Roger H Allen
Ervin Bohlander
Elwood R Harris
Henry Bongiorno
Christian Langolf
Joseph J Kristapavich
George Fiamma
Melvin L Jerkins
Elmer F Madden
Guy McDuffee
Robert M Ashcraft
Charles H Wilton
Michael J Egan
James J Lintgen
Dennis L Collins
Joseph L Neel
Louis Smulowitz
Charles A Feeley
Milton J Foerstel
James H King
James A Main
Joseph F Sproha
John Thomas Hunwick
4/10/1949 - Page 32 - The Atlanta Constitution
KENTUCKY RITES FOR SGT. NEEL
Funeral services for Sgt. Joseph L. Neel, 381st Bombardment Gp, 533rd Sq., who was killed in England June 23, 1943, will be held Tuesday at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Sgt. Neel was a graduate of North Fulton High School and the University of Georgia. He was a member of SPM and Chi Phi fraternities.
Sgt. Neel's brother, the late Robert W Neel, Jr Lt. , a Navy pilot, was killed in the battle of Kwajalein on January 29, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Neel, of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Thomas H. Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Neel, of Atlanta. Cenotaph: United States Army Air Force, Killed in Action at Ridgewell, Essex, England.
The B-17, assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces airfield at Ridgewell, England, exploded while bombs were being handled. One commissioned officer, 22 enlisted men and one English civilian, who was peddling his bicycle nearby, were killed.
Originally buried in the Brookwood Cemetery in England, the remains of the men who could not be individually identified, were repatriated to the U.S. and interred in a common grave at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in 1949.
The men were:
Paul E Tull
Roger H Allen
Ervin Bohlander
Elwood R Harris
Henry Bongiorno
Christian Langolf
Joseph J Kristapavich
George Fiamma
Melvin L Jerkins
Elmer F Madden
Guy McDuffee
Robert M Ashcraft
Charles H Wilton
Michael J Egan
James J Lintgen
Dennis L Collins
Joseph L Neel
Louis Smulowitz
Charles A Feeley
Milton J Foerstel
James H King
James A Main
Joseph F Sproha
John Thomas Hunwick
Sergeant Neel was killed in the explosion of B-17 Flying Fortress #42-30024 "Caroline" at Ridgewell, England. He also has a memorial at the Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, GA.
4/10/1949 - Page 32 - The Atlanta Constitution
KENTUCKY RITES FOR SGT. NEEL
Funeral services for Sgt. Joseph L. Neel, 381st Bombardment Gp, 533rd Sq., who was killed in England June 23, 1943, will be held Tuesday at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Sgt. Neel was a graduate of North Fulton High School and the University of Georgia. He was a member of SPM and Chi Phi fraternities.
Sgt. Neel's brother, the late Robert W Neel, Jr Lt. , a Navy pilot, was killed in the battle of Kwajalein on January 29, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Neel, of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Thomas H. Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Neel, of Atlanta. Cenotaph: United States Army Air Force, Killed in Action at Ridgewell, Essex, England.
The B-17, assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces airfield at Ridgewell, England, exploded while bombs were being handled. One commissioned officer, 22 enlisted men and one English civilian, who was peddling his bicycle nearby, were killed.
Originally buried in the Brookwood Cemetery in England, the remains of the men who could not be individually identified, were repatriated to the U.S. and interred in a common grave at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in 1949.
The men were:
Paul E Tull
Roger H Allen
Ervin Bohlander
Elwood R Harris
Henry Bongiorno
Christian Langolf
Joseph J Kristapavich
George Fiamma
Melvin L Jerkins
Elmer F Madden
Guy McDuffee
Robert M Ashcraft
Charles H Wilton
Michael J Egan
James J Lintgen
Dennis L Collins
Joseph L Neel
Louis Smulowitz
Charles A Feeley
Milton J Foerstel
James H King
James A Main
Joseph F Sproha
John Thomas Hunwick
4/10/1949 - Page 32 - The Atlanta Constitution
KENTUCKY RITES FOR SGT. NEEL
Funeral services for Sgt. Joseph L. Neel, 381st Bombardment Gp, 533rd Sq., who was killed in England June 23, 1943, will be held Tuesday at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Sgt. Neel was a graduate of North Fulton High School and the University of Georgia. He was a member of SPM and Chi Phi fraternities.
Sgt. Neel's brother, the late Robert W Neel, Jr Lt. , a Navy pilot, was killed in the battle of Kwajalein on January 29, 1944.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Neel, of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Thomas H. Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Neel, of Atlanta. Cenotaph: United States Army Air Force, Killed in Action at Ridgewell, Essex, England.
The B-17, assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces airfield at Ridgewell, England, exploded while bombs were being handled. One commissioned officer, 22 enlisted men and one English civilian, who was peddling his bicycle nearby, were killed.
Originally buried in the Brookwood Cemetery in England, the remains of the men who could not be individually identified, were repatriated to the U.S. and interred in a common grave at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in 1949.
The men were:
Paul E Tull
Roger H Allen
Ervin Bohlander
Elwood R Harris
Henry Bongiorno
Christian Langolf
Joseph J Kristapavich
George Fiamma
Melvin L Jerkins
Elmer F Madden
Guy McDuffee
Robert M Ashcraft
Charles H Wilton
Michael J Egan
James J Lintgen
Dennis L Collins
Joseph L Neel
Louis Smulowitz
Charles A Feeley
Milton J Foerstel
James H King
James A Main
Joseph F Sproha
John Thomas Hunwick
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