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Personal info

Full name
LARSON, Edward Eugene
Date of birth
16 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1018402
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Sur Cortil area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 37

Immediate family

Members
Edward R. Larson (father)
Mary Larson (mother)
William Larson (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Edward E. Larson enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 16 November 1942.

First buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium Block H, Row 3, Grave 53.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate