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Personal info

Full name
FULARA, Edward Frank "Eddie"
Date of birth
21 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32253319
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
A Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Bürgeln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 15 9

Immediate family

Members
Frank Fulara (father)
Antoinette (Mianowany) Fulara (mother)
John J. Fulara (brother)
Stella Fulara (sister)
Walter Fulara (brother)
Joseph R. Fulara (brother)

More information

Cpl Edward F. Fulara enlisted at Fort Niagara, New York on 13 March 1942.

His brother John J. Fulara is buried next to him.

Fulara Brothers Post #4734, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in South Buffalo is named after John and Edward Fulara.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org, Buffalo Courier-Express - 25 September 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Buffalo Evening News - 19 May 1945, Family collection - courtesy of Dyon Reijnen