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Personal info

Full name
POLING, Edwin Frank
Date of birth
2 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Robinson, Crawford County, Illinois
Hometown
California

Military service

Service number
39145572
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Jeanménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 2 15

Immediate family

Members
George W. Poling (father)
Rose M. (Mitchell) Poling (mother)
Nowin Poling (brother)
Mary E. Poling (sister)
Mable Poling (sister)
Margaret (Rigney) Poling (wife)

More information

Pvt Edwin F. Poling attended high school for 3 years and was a plumber before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 21 December 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bartholomew Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy