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Personal info

Full name
MUSIAL, Edmund S
Date of birth
6 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Newport, Luzerne County, New York

Military service

Service number
42078944
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 28 4

Immediate family

Members
Michael Musial (father)
Stefania (Nadolna) Musial (mother)
Gertrude Musial (sister)
Zigmund Musial (brother)
Henrietta Musial (sister)
Sylvester Musial (brother)
Clemance Musial (brother)
Geraldine Musial (sister)
Alfred Musial (brother)

More information

Pvt Edmund S. Musial enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 11 March 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com – Jaap Vermeer
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Jaap Vermeer