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Personal info

Full name
WEAVER, Edward Eugene
Date of birth
17 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Garrett, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33384163
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 10

Immediate family

Members
Robert W. Weaver (father)
Evelyn M. (Flowers) Weaver (mother)
William H. Weaver (brother)
Robert J. Weaver (brother)
Paul D. Weaver (brother)
Evelyn E. Weaver (sister)
Mary M. Weaver (sister)
Alice (Atkinson) Weaver (wife)
Patricia A. Weaver (daughter)

More information

Sgt Edward E. Weaver attended Fort Hill High School and was employed at the Celanese Plant.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 16 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the stomach.

His brother Robert is buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. His brother Duane served in Italy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Mary M.Weaver, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Astrid, Cumberland Evening Times - 19 March 1945