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Personal info

Full name
SKINNER, Edward Paul
Date of birth
12 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Monongalia County, West Virginia
Hometown
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
6896517
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harry O. Skinner (father)
Emma J. (Coburn) Skinner (mother)
William G. Skinner (brother)
Thelma R. Skinner (sister)
Cathryn F. Skinner (sister)
Leon J. Skinner (brother)
Franklin H. Skinner (brother)
Robert N. Skinner (brother)
Ruth (Edgell) Skinner (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Edward P. Skinner joined the Regular Army on 6 March 1941 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - World War II Young American Patriots, Family Tree

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, www.wwiimemorial.com