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name
AHO, Edward W - Date of
birth
10 October 1906 -
Age
39 -
Place of birth
Michigan -
Hometown
Marquette County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36831090 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Squad Leader -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
1 March 1946 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Drzewica, Poland
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Emil Aho (father)
Anna Aho (mother)
Toivo E. Aho (brother)
Carl Y. Aho (brother)
Arvi A. Aho (brother)
John M. Aho (brother)
Anna N. Aho (sister)
Signe P. Aho (sister)
Elias A. Aho (brother)
Tyne Aho (wife)
Edward Aho (son)
Pauline Aho (daughter)
More information
Sgt Edward W. Aho joined his unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on 19 August 1944 as a private. He was promoted to sergeant on 30 September 1944.Edward W. Aho was taken Prisoner in France in October 1944. He sent one Red Cross card home in January 1945 from Stalag III-C, Alt Drewitz, Germany (Today's Drzewice Kostrzyn, Poland). Was never heard from him again.
Information reveals that the German guards forced the American and Russian Prisoners of War to leave Stalag III-C near the village of Drzewica, Poland on 31 January 1945. They had marched only a short distance when they were caught between Russian and German cross fire and were killed by gunfire from Russian tanks.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after the assumed date of his death.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Janice Monk, Mike Aho, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.coulthart.com/134, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / 1940 Census, http://www.7tharmddiv.org - IDPF Aloysious Mc Lean,
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mike Aho