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EDWARDS, Donald Lee - Date of
birth
7 August 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Emerson, Dakota County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37680780 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 January 1945 - Place of
death
Thirimont, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 16 |
Immediate family
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Members
Charles O. Edwards (father)
Vinnie M. (Evans) Edwards (mother)
Winifred Edwards (sister)
Howard C. Edwards (brother)
Dorothy E. Edwards (sister) (Died at age 1 year)
Robert J. Edwards (brother)
Dorothy Edwards (sister)
More information
S/Sgt Donald L. Edwards worked on a farm.He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 28 October 1943.
Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Various Family Trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://iagenweb.org/ - The Sioux City Journal