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Personal info

Full name
HAMRE, Edward Benton
Date of birth
25 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Jewell, Iowa
Hometown
Jewell, Hamilton County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37772938
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 14 3

Immediate family

Members
Ben Hamre (father)
Edna S. (Bergeson) Hamre (mother)
Merle B. Hamre (brother)
Lyle O. Hamre (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward B. Hamre enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 24 August 1944.

He was killed by shrapnel from an enemy artillery shell. He died immediately.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930-1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Bonus Case File, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, http://iagenweb.org - Daily Freeman Journal Webster City IA

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Roxie Young, Montgomery Memorial Library