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Personal info

Full name
EDMONDSON, Max David
Date of birth
11 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Fontanet, Vigo County, Indiana
Hometown
Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36548198
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Dropzone O
North of Overasselt, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 2 20

Immediate family

Members
James Edmondson (father)
Orpha (Lemmons) Edmondson (mother)
Marvin Edmondson (brother)
Donald Edmondson (brother)

More information

Pvt Edmondson was hit by a supply bundle on the dropzone in Overasselt.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek on 21 September 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census www.ww2-airborne.us, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Ron Edmondson (nephew)