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Personal info

Full name
EBY, Paul Edgar
Date of birth
23 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33936989
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brulange-Thonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 27

Immediate family

Members
Edgar M. Eby (father)
Virgie M. (Shellenhammer) Eby (mother)
Jan Eby (brother)
Bruce Eby (brother)
Caroline Eby (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul E. Eby attended high school for four years and was a production worker before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 28 April 1944. He was sent overseas on 15 October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Shellenhammer Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy