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Personal info

Full name
ALBERTSON, Edward J
Date of birth
19 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Hometown
Pooleville, Carter County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38146698
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Metz , France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 42

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Albertson (father)
Jessie A. (Scott) Albertson (mother)
Gerald W. Albertson (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Edward J. Albertson enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 18 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / Albertson Tree
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