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Personal info

Full name
RIORDAN, Edward Francis
Date of birth
13 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
42095442
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 10

Immediate family

Members
Henry Riordan (father)
Mary Riordan (mother)
John Riordan (brother)
Mary Riordan (sister)
Hubert Riordan (brother)
Henry Riordan (brother)
Lillian Riordan (sister)

More information

Pvt Edward F. Riordan attended East Bloomfield High School for three years and was a driver before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 18 July 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 / New York State Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle 27 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle 27 February 1945