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Personal info

Full name
PROTHERO, Edwin Lloyd
Date of birth
30 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33113820
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Engineer Combat Battalion,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
North of Dinant, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 7

Immediate family

Members
David Prothero (father)
Clare Prothero (mother)
Doris Prothero (sister)
Ruth E. Prothero (wife)

More information

Cpl Edwin L. Prothero was a machinist apprentice before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 October 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet