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Personal info

Full name
CAHILL, Edward Francis
Date of birth
24 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33699566
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
771st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 19 25

Immediate family

Members
Howard J. Cahill (father)
Mae (Conway) Cahill (mother)
June C. Cahill (sister)
Robert J. Cahill (brother)
John Cahill (brother)
Thomas C. Cahill (brother)

More information

Cpl Edward F. Cahill was a graduate of Fifth Avenue High School.

He enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 10 August 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Trees / Pennsylvania, Veterans Compensation Application Files, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - XVIII Airborne Corps-Operation Varsity, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mary-Jo Khadem (niece)