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Personal info

Full name
REDINGER, Edgar Wayne
Date of birth
25 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Nisland, Butte County, South Dakota
Hometown
Farrall, Crook County, Wyoming

Military service

Service number
37591395
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Hünningen-Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 4 48

Immediate family

Members
Conda L. Redinger (father)
Mary E. (Weimert) Redinger (mother)
Glenn R. Redinger (brother)
William R. Redinger (brother)
David O. Redinger (brother)
Fay P. Redinger (sister)
Edna P. Redinger (sister)
Ellsworth C. Redinger (brother)
Cathryn A. Redinger (sister)

More information

Pvt Edgar W. Redinger enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 29 February 1944.
He was a chauffeur before his enlistment.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Various Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet