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Personal info

Full name
SEAMAN, Edward Elmer "Butch"
Date of birth
23 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Frackville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33624787
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Gey, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 22

Immediate family

Members
Harry B. Seaman (father)
Irene M. (Wentzel) Seaman (mother)
Harry J. Seaman (brother)
Amy (Wagner) Seaman (wife)

More information

Edward Seaman graduated from Frackville High School in 1941.

He enlisted in the in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 3 May 1943.

He joined his unit from the 41st Replacement Battalion on 1 August 1944. He was reported transferred to the 308th Medical Detachment Clearing Station due to sickness on 24 October 1944 and returning ot his unit on 28 October.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com