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ERDLY, Calvin V - Date of
birth
9 October 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Penn, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33114132 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 March 1945 - Place of
death
Kyll River crossing in the vicinity of Badem-Metterich, East of Bitburg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | 9 |
Immediate family
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Members
Miles B. Erdly Sr. (father)
Jennie C. (Musselman) Erdly (mother)
William O. Erdly (brother)
Helen M. Erdly (sister)
Dorothy S. Erdly (sister)
Mary E. Erdly (sister)
Anna M. Erdly (sister)
Carl P. Erdly (brother)
Edith E. Erdly (sister)
Miles B. Erdly Jr. (brother)
More information
Sgt Calvin V. Erdly aided to build the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in 1941. After that work was completed he started working in a silk mill in Sunbury.He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 29 October 1941. He received his basic training at Camp Croft, South Carolina. Here he won an award for left handed marksmanship. In February 1942 he was transferred to Fort Custer in Michigan and in April to Iceland. He landed in July 1944 in France where he was wounded in October.
His brothers William and Carl also served during the war.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Zelie 2012 Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dominique Potier / Joel Frampton Gilbert/50th AIB, www.newspapers.com - The Selinsgrove Times-Tribune