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Personal info

Full name
POGLITSCH, Edward Richard "Eddie"
Date of birth
6 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31408534
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Carl W. Poglitsch (father)
Johanna (Prem) Poglitsch (mother)
Stephane Poglitsch (sister)
Emma Poglitsch (sister)
Margaret Poglitsch (sister)
Carl W. Poglitsch (brother)
Herman Poglitsch (brother)
Helen Poglitsch (sister)
Eleanor Poglitsch (sister)

More information

Pvt Edward R. Poglitsch enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 10 December 1943.

He was taken prisoner on 10 November 1944. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - "As the Ivy clings to the tree our memory will cling to thee" Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.ancestry.com - Pratolani