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Personal info

Full name
EDGINS, J D
Date of birth
5 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Campobello, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34389034
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Lendersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 4 36

Immediate family

Members
Tom Edgins (father)
Leroy R. Edgins (brother)
Elford Edgins (brother)
Carl Edgins (brother)
Venie Edgins (sister)
Hettie Edgins (sister)

More information

Pvt Edgins enlisted in October 1942 and was sent overseas on 27 March 1944.

He joined his unit from the 79th Replacement Battalion on 24 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Erwin Derhaag