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Personal info

Full name
BENDER, Edward G
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36558741
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 13 24

Immediate family

Members
Otto C. Bender (father)
Katherine (Volz) Bender (mother)
Elizabeth Bender (sister)
Otto H. Bender (brother)
Martin C. Bender (brother)
Martha M. Bender (sister)
Leroy J. Bender (brother)

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, http://www.ww2airborne.us/units/325/325_honor.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten