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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Claude Alvin
Date of birth
12 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New Castle, Henry County, Indiana
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35626955
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Oberhof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 33 29

Immediate family

Members
Eugene E. Edwards (father)
Dorsie L. (Davis) Edwards (mother)
Katherine Edwards (sister)
Kenneth Edwards (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Claude A. Edwards graduated from Kiser High School and was employed by the Dayton Tool Company.

He enlisted on 2 February 1943 from Columbus, Ohio. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, Ralph Peeters / History Book 87th Infantry Division, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - The Dayton Herald

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