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Personal info

Full name
ELLINGSEN, Earl Edward
Date of birth
24 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36006425
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Honsfeld, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 47

Immediate family

Members
Carl Ellingsen (father)
Bertha S. (Larsen) Ellingsen (mother)
Lynden C. Ellingsen (brother)
Raymond C. Ellingsen (brother)
Margaret J. (Lund) Ellingsen (wife)

More information

Sgt Earl E. Ellingsen attended high school for two years and was a mail clerk for the Chicago post office before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 28 February 1941.

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 / Albright Family Tree / Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune, 24 April 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten