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Personal info

Full name
BIRKNER, Edward S
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33424863
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 4 16

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten