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Personal info

Full name
SCHWANKE, Edmund Albert "Ed"
Date of birth
9 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Winnipeg, Canada
Hometown
Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36781544
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Saarbrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 12 18

Immediate family

Members
Emil Schwanke (father)
Pauline Schwanke (mother)
Augusta Schwanke (sister)
Gustave Schwanke (brother)
Olga Schwanke (sister)
Dorothy (Majeske) Schwanke (wife)
Marlene P. Schwanke (daughter)
Edmund Schwanke Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Edmund A. Schwanke was employed as a shipping clerk at the Progressive Industries in Benton Harbor.

He enlisted on 11 January 1944. Pfc Schwanke has been overseas for eight months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Herald Press / The News-Palladium / Census / Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Herald-Press - 9 March 1946