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Personal info

Full name
BELKNAP, Edward Allen
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
O-558093
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
355th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Struth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 69

Immediate family

Members
Allen E. Belknap (father)
Hannah C. (Bergquist) Belknap (mother)
Myrtle E. Belknap (sister)
Raymond L. Belknap (brother)
Bernice C. Belknap (sister)
Grace Belknap (sister)
Edith F. Belknap (sister)
Irene V. Belknap (sister)

More information

2Lt Edward A. Belknap attended college for two years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Blacksburg, Virginia on 24 June 1942.
He is remembered at the Four Mile Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Varina, Henrico County, Virginia.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Virginia, Marriage Records 1936-2014 / Headstone and Interment Record
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Greg Lavallee