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Personal info

Full name
POLSFUSS, Edward Harold
Date of birth
16 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
Hometown
Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37592279
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 24 36

Immediate family

Members
Otto C. F. Polsfuss (father)
Mary M. (Meekes) Polsfuss (mother)
Arthur E. Polsfuss (brother)
Esther M. Polsfuss (sister)
Laura E. Polsfuss (sister)
Stella E. Polsfuss (sister)
Frieda E. Polsfuss (sister)
Mary Polsfuss (sister)
Iona M. (Balfanz) Polsfuss (wife)
Nancy L. Polsfuss (daughter)
Michael A. Polsfuss (son)

More information

Pvt Edward H. Polsfuss worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 1 March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Minnesota Birth Index / Kathleen Hammill Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
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