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Personal info

Full name
IKEBE, Edward
Date of birth
19 October 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Edgewood, Pierce County, Washington
Hometown
Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39479928
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1946
Place of death
Bannholz Wood, north of Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Togo Ikebe (father)
Florence E. (Spinning) Ikebe (mother)
Mabel F. Ikebe (sister)
Louis Ikebe (brother)
Sylvia S. Ikebe (sister)
Mildred (Kalama) Ikebe (wife)
Alice Ikebe (daughter)

More information

Pvt Edward Ikebe enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 18 August 1944.

He was officially declared death one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Sinz.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – McCloud Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten