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Personal info

Full name
WAGNER, Edward Smith
Date of birth
13 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Mt. Pocono, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33057064
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Near Winterspelt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 32

Immediate family

Members
Lewis W. Wagner (father)
Edith A. A. (Dimaline) Wagner (mother)
Wilfred D. Wagner (brother)
Edith A. Wagner (sister)

More information

Pfc Edward S. Wagner enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 18 April 1942.

He attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block A, Row 9, Grave 209.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / Gail Merryweather Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten