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Personal info

Full name
EDGELL, Eugene Leroy
Date of birth
22 February 1914
Age
31
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6911976
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Huttingen an der Kyll, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 34

Immediate family

Members
Albert E. Edgell (father)
Mada A. (Wescott) Edgell (mother)
Margaret Edgell (sister)
Arthur C. Edgell (brother)
Edward J. Edgell (brother)
Alice M. (Soares) Edgell (wife)
Eugene L. Edgell, Jr. (son)

More information

S/Sgt Eugene L. Edgell joined the Regular Army in Raleigh, North Carolina on 7 March 1939.

He attended 1 year of college and worked in a plant for clay products before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Edgell Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery