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Personal info

Full name
OSTER, Edwin E
Date of birth
24 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Hazelton, Emmons County, North Dakota
Hometown
Centralia, Lewis County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39210865
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Forbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 39

Immediate family

Members
John Oster (father)
Christina (Breckel) Oster (mother)
Albert Oster (brother)
Mary I. Oster (sister)
John C. Oster (brother)
Esther Oster (sister)
Emma Oster (sister)
Alice Oster (sister)
Peter Oster (brother)
Freddie Oster (brother)
Rubin Oster (brother)
Jean Oster (sister)

More information

Pfc Edwin E. Oster graduated from the Centralia High School in 1941 and from the Centralia Junior College two years later.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 6 July 1943 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kenneth Oster Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Bismarck Tribune
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.wwiimemorial.com – Andrew J. McMahon, www.ancestry.com - Centralia High School Yearbook 941