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Personal info

Full name
FREEDMAN, Edward William
Date of birth
13 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Highland Park, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42005407
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 49

Immediate family

Members
Aaron H. Freedman (father)
Mildred (Adler) Freedman (mother)
Joseph H. Freedman (brother)
Gloria Freedman (sister)

More information

Pfc Edward W. Freedman attended college for two years and was employed at Freedman Service before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 21 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / 1930 Census / New Jersey Births and Christenings Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division

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