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Personal info

Full name
MCDUFFIE, Edward Lewis
Date of birth
13 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Moore County, North Carolina
Hometown
West End, Moore County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34851520
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
284th Field Artillery Battalion,
Service Battery
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Le Petit-Étang, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 31

Immediate family

Members
Arthur G. McDuffie (father)
Callie F. (Lewis) McDuffie (mother)
Albert G. McDuffie (brother)

More information

Pvt Edward L. McDuffie attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 1 October 1943.

He was fatally wounded when a pistol, that he kept as a souvenir, accidently went off.

He is also remembered at the West End Cemetery in West End, Moore County, North Carolina.

His brother, Albert G. McDuffie, is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / P Allred, 284th Field Artillery Battalion
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Butch Currie