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Personal info

Full name
APPELGATE, Edwin Dewayne
Date of birth
3 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rockaway Beach, Tillamook County, Oregon
Hometown
Salem, Marion County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39342965
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Güdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 5 65

Immediate family

Members
Ralph F. Appelgate (father)
Gladys M. (Hathaway) Appelgate (mother)
Clarence L. Appelgate (brother)
La Ver Appelgate (brother)

More information

Sgt Edwin D. Appelgate attended high school for three years and was a cook before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 23 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com - Statesman Journal 28 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Statesman Journal 28 March 1945