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Personal info

Full name
OGDEN, Edward Leonard
Date of birth
27 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
42082843
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
273rd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Near Altengroitzsch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 14 7

Immediate family

Members
Frank Ogden (father)
Helen R. (Wolhar) Ogden (mother)
Frank J. Ogden (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward L. Ogden graduated from Wilmington High School and had been employed at the Pusey and Jones Corporation.

He enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 19 January 1944. He received training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and at Macon, Georgia.

He had been overseas about six months when he was reported killed in action.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.69th-infantry-division.com, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://delaware.contentdm.oclc.org - Delaware Public Archives, www.newspapers.com - The News