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Personal info

Full name
SMALEC, Edward Francis
Date of birth
10 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33885363
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 27

Immediate family

Members
Willa M. Smalec (wife)
James E. Smalec (son)

More information

Pvt Edward F. Smalec attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 24 April 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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://www.45thdivision.org
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