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Personal info

Full name
SPRAGUE, Edgar Potter Jr "Ed"
Date of birth
12 October 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Cumberland County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42080417
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 16 21

Immediate family

Members
Edgar P. Sprague (father)
Carol (Kuechmann) Sprague (mother)
Mary E. Sprague (sister)
George R. Sprague (brother)

More information

Pvt Edgar P. Sprague graduated from Vineland High School in June 1943.

He enlisted on 6 November 1943 in Camden, New Jersey. He was sent overseas on 24 July 1944.

Pvt Sprague was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 20 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.specialforcesroh.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com Thompson-Milligan Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Vineland Daily Journal

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Vineland High School Yearbook 1943, Bert Kleijnen