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Personal info

Full name
CODA, Edmond Bum
Date of birth
1 January 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Italy
Hometown
Fayette County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35137337
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
Wylerbaan, near farm Foxhill, Groesbeek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 3 4

Immediate family

Members
Secondo C. Coda (father)
Marie C. (Minotti) Coda (mother)
Vanta S. Coda (brother)
Lena Coda (sister)
Albert Coda (brother)
Dorothy (Bookman) Coda (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Edmond Coda enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 28 March 1942.

He served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy. He was reported wounded in action the invasion of Normandy. After recovering, he joined his unit.

He was killed during a midnight patrol.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Gerrie Franken - SOHE, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / WWII Young American Patriots

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots