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Personal info

Full name
LANG, Edward J
Date of birth
unknown
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36741514
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Soy-Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 55

Immediate family

Members
Bettie G. Lang (wife)

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.517prct.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Trevor C. Miling