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Personal info

Full name
LIEN, Edward A
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa
Hometown
Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37665965
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Northeim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 23 10

Immediate family

Members
Victor J. Lien (father)
Vera P. (Mole) Lien (mother)

More information

Pfc Edward A. Lien enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 18 March 1943. He attended high school for 2 years and was a clerk before he enlisted.

Pfc Edward A. Lien first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block G, Row 2, Grave 36.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / County Births, 1880-1935 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com - Bobbi