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BULIN, Edward J - Date of
birth
22 March 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Wyandanch, Suffolk County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32796939 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
60th Engineer Combat Battalion,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 October 1944 - Place of
death
Anjoncourt, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph Bulin (father)
Louise (Nohejl) Bulin (mother)
Joseph Bulin (brother)
More information
Pvt Edward J. Bulin attended high school for three years and was a meat cutter before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 8 February 1943.On the night of 10 October 1944, B Company suffereed the loss of 47 men in an explosion of anti-tank mines at Ajoncourt, France. The third and elements of the first platoon were engaged in a night mine laying operation just north of the town. The squad trucks loaded with mines were parked at a point just south of the town and the mines were being fused and unloaded from the trucks and carried to the mine field. At approximately 2300, a terrific explosion from the leading truck which was loaded with mines caused a sympathetic detonation of a nearby truck load of mines and mines that had been stacked on the ground nearby. Approximately 1500 mines in all exploded. The entire area immediately became an inferno of exploding mines, small arms ammunition and burning vehicles.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Grossi Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman