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Personal info

Full name
FLETCHER, Edwin Aloysius
Date of birth
1 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33680310
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 18 23

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Fletcher (father)
Louise T. (Hartle) Fletcher (mother)
Robert A. Fletcher (brother)
Walter B. Fletcher (brother)
Anna M. Fletcher (sister)
Mary M. Fletcher (sister)
William J. Fletcher (brother)

More information

Pfc Edwin A. Fletcher attended high school for two years and was employed at the A & P Tea Store before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 26 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / McGreevys of Western Pennsylvania, www.findagrave.com - Bill, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Pat McGreevy