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Personal info

Full name
CANNON, Edward Allen
Date of birth
7 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Montreal, Canada
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32037585
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 41

Immediate family

Members
Michael Cannon (father)
Lorraine Cannon (mother)
Mary Cannon (sister)
Virginia Cannon (sister)
Shirley Cannon (sister)
Robert Cannon (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Edward A. Cannon was employed by Chevrolet Motor & Oxel before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 16 April 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett / Bill Blake – Evening News - 1 March 1945, www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Buffalo News - 1 March 1945