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Personal info

Full name
SEIPT, Edward
Date of birth
27 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Melrose Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33625335
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux-La Bourgonce, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 23

Immediate family

Members
Manilius D. Seipt (father)
Lucetta (Cassel) Seipt (mother)
Gladys Seipt (sister)
Richard Seipt (brother)
Miriam G. Seipt (wife)

More information

Pvt Edward Seipt graduated from William Penn Charter School in 1930 and had a post graduate degree. He was a salesman before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 12 May 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Pvt Seipt is remembered at Whitemarsh Memorial Park in Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Chris S, William Penn Charter School 1930