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Personal info

Full name
ETTINGER, Irvin Elmer
Date of birth
9 January 1909
Age
36
Place of birth
Adams Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Beavertown, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33014848
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
10 May 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 37 49

Immediate family

Members
William H. Ettinger (father)
Ellen A. (Klose) Ettinger (mother)
Esther M. Ettinger (sister)
Lester S. Ettinger (brother)
Newton C. Ettinger (brother)
Boyd H. Ettinger (brother)
Nora M. Ettinger (wife)

More information

T/5 Irvin E. Ettinger enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 27 April 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ettinger Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Daily Item - 15 June 1944