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Personal info

Full name
SIGWARD, Edward N
Date of birth
6 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado
Hometown
Wellington, Larimer County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37361293
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Near of Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 31 24

Immediate family

Members
Conrad F. Sigward (father)
Eva (Wassmiller) Sigward (mother)
Mollie Sigward (sister)
Irene Sigward (sister)
Bertha Sigward (sister)
Albert Sigward (brother)
Myrtle L. (Colwell) Sigward (wife)
Edward A. Sigward (son)
Donald D. Sigward (son)

More information

Pvt Edward Sigward attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in Fort Logan, Colorado on 6 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sigward Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Hasbah