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Personal info

Full name
QUEEN, Edward Clarence
Date of birth
19 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri
Hometown
Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37603301
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Near Rémabois Forest, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 2 22

Immediate family

Members
James H. Queen (father)
Elsie G. (Bird) Queen (mother)
Ervin J. Queen (brother)
Herbert J. Queen (brother)
Roy L. Queen (brother)
Blanche E. Queen (sister)
Emma M. Queen (sister)
Drusella V. Queen (sister)
Edna Queen (sister)

More information

Sgt Edward C. Queen was employed at the John Ramming Machine Company before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 20 February 1943.

He died from chest wounds received on 25 October 1944 from artillery shell fragments

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, www.findagrave.com - Desoto Joe The Record Man, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Star and Times 16 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Star and Times 16 November 1944