Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
ADDISON, Edward Leroy - Date of
birth
8 August 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
unknown -
Hometown
Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15060382 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 11 | 40 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Rondell A. Addison (father)
Mary E. (Prickett) Addison (mother)
Richard E. Addison (brother)
James H. Addison (brother)
Willis G. Addison (brother)
Mary D. Addison (sister)
Bonnie J. (Mount) Addison (wife)
Randall L. Addison (son)
More information
Sgt Edward L. Addison attended Fairmont High School before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 2 November 1940.Sgt Addison is remembered at Grant Memorial Park in Marion, Grant County, Indiana with a memorial maker.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Carlton Rollins Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, the 5th Infantry division in the ETO
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Thomas Welsch, www.ancestry.com - sunshine 1961