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Personal info

Full name
LELLIG, Edward
Date of birth
4 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32708134
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
Germeter, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 15 2

Immediate family

Members
John Lellig (father)
Catherine Lellig (mother)
Catherine Lellig (sister)
Peter Lellig (brother)
Julia Lellig (sister)
John Lellig (brother)
James Lellig (brother)

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle 27 April 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten