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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, Edward Francis
Date of birth
4 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32025334
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Near Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 77

Immediate family

Members
Albert S. Spencer (father)
Rose B. (Fox) Spencer (mother)
Urban W. Spencer (brother)
Robert A. Spencer (brother)
Raymond J. Spencer (brother)
Mary A. Spencer (sister)

More information

Sgt Edward F. Spencer attended high school for four years and was an architect before he enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 30 November 1940.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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