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Personal info

Full name
PALADINI, Edward Earnest
Date of birth
8 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Alameda County, California
Hometown
Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39140517
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Near Zweifall, Hurtgenwald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Julius J. Paladini (father)
Camelinda (Tochini) Paladini (mother)
Leo L. J. Lombardi (half-brother)

More information

Edward E. Paladini attended 4 years of high school and was single, without dependents.
Pfc Paladini enlisted in San Francisco, California on 20 September 1943.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Raymond Penders, Enlistment Record / National Archives, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives / WWII Memorial, CWGC-ABMC / Find A Grave, www.ancestry.com - California Birth Index / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Raymond Penders