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Personal info

Full name
PLANCEY, Edward Charles
Date of birth
12 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Hometown
Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32188811
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 11 12

Immediate family

Members
John Plancey (father)
Alma D. Plancey (mother)
John J. Plancey (brother)
William M. Plancey (brother)
Elmer C. Plancey (brother)
Thelma M. (Morris) Plancey (wife)

More information

Pvt Edward C. Plancey attended high school for four years and worked as a stock clerk at the Pullman Company in Jersey City.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 7 January 1942.

Pvt Plancy was married to his high school sweetheart, Thelma Morris, on 3 October 1941.

He was killed by a landmine while he was riding in a vehicle.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Record (Long Branch, New Jersey) 8 October 1941, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.65thdiv.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Joy Riggers / William Watt