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Personal info

Full name
PALFFY, Edward Raymond
Date of birth
1 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32055548
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 40

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Palffy (father)
Johanna Palffy (mother)
Alfred Palffy (brother)
Deloris Palffy (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Edward R. Palffy attended high school for two years and was employed at the Borany Worsted Mills before he enlisted in Allen Hurst, New Jersey on 12 December 1940.

He was killed by a gunshot in his face.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Herald News New Jersey 17 November 1944