Soldier Details

Division:

Army
, 
Rail Splitter

Highest Rank:

Colonel

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Jan 23, 1943

Military Honors:

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Bronze Star

Honored By:

Theodore C Nagel- brother

Biography

Harry Nagel was born in Jersey City, NJ and enlisted in the Army after his 18th birthday in 1943. Nagel went to France after D-Day and went on to fight in the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded. He recovered and returned to battle and was wounded again in the Rhineland. Rhineland was areas west of the Rhine river.