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Personal info

Full name
CHAPMAN, Edward Berlan
Date of birth
11 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Pillow, Union County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33837401
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Near Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 42

Immediate family

Members
John B. Chapman (father)
Dora J. (Kiehl) Chapman (mother)
Irene Chapman (sister)
Henry A. Chapman (brother)
Lawrence R. Chapman (brother)
Norma M. Chapman (sister)
Grace (Schaeffer) Chapman (wife)
Shirley Chapman (daughter)

More information

Pvt Edward B. Chapman was a welder before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 26 June 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was killed by a bullet in his shoulder.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald - 2 March 1945