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Personal info

Full name
CHRISMAN, Edward Raymond
Date of birth
27 December 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35349763
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Krinkelt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 40

Immediate family

Members
Edward H. Chrisman (father)
Iva B. (Powers) Chrisman (mother)
Edith A. Chrisman (sister)
Betty M. (Heit) Chrisman (wife)

More information

Sgt Edward R. Chrisman attended high school for two years and was employed by the General Electric Company.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 28 November 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 10 August 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Vorndran Welling Family Tree / Cook Letham Family Tree / Indiana Marriages, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Kurt Cook, Fort Wayne News Sentinel 12 December 1944 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott