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Personal info

Full name
PLISH, Edward Anthony
Date of birth
16 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33569049
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 4 14

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Plish (father)
Sophia (Mikolajczyk) Plish (mother)
Stanley J. Plish (brother)
Casimir E. Plish (brother)
Stella L. Plish (sister)
Clara B. Plish (sister)
Anna (Sapolich) Plish (wife)

More information

Cpl Edward A. Plish enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 6 January 1943.

He worked in mechanical treatment of metals before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery