| Name legally changed to Bell in 1955 when the telephone company to which he was applying for
employment refused to accept any name except the way it was spelled on his birth
certificate. He retired at 61 from Bell Telephone. He fought in Europe during WWII as was wounded. He also served in Korea, but left the Army before the outbreak of the Korean Conflict. Text from undated newspaper article: KULPMONT SOLDIER IS REPORTED SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN GERMANY Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jingeleski of 725 Spruce(sic) Street, Kulpmont, were notified yesterday afternoon by the War Department that their son, Pvt. Edward L. Jingeleski, 19, was seriously wounded in Germany on March 31. Drafted on August 30, 1944, Private Jingeleski trained at camp Hood, Tex., and went overseas from Camp Meade, Md., in February. He is a member of St. Casimir's Church and attended public schools in Kulpmont. He observed his 19th birthday anniversary on April 9. Mr. and Mrs. Jingeleski have three other sons in service, Pfc. Frank, now at Camp Meade after three years in the South Pacific; Sgt. Peter A., presently home on a two day leave from his base in South Carolina, and Corporal Joseph J., stationed at Natal, Brazil. Edward was part of the 318th Infantry Regiment. In 1947, Edward was awarded a bronze star "for exemplary conduct in ground combat against the armed enemy during the Rhineland Campaign in the European Theater of Operations." He also received a purple heart for wounds received on 31 March 1945. |
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