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Personal info

Full name
SAPA, Edward Raymond
Date of birth
14 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42017285
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stockem, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 8 15

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Sapa (father)
Carol Sapa (mother)

More information

Pvt Edward R. Sapa worked as a toolmaker before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Several Family Trees, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Dominique Potier