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Personal info

Full name
HOVENCAMP, Edward D
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31367409
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Oberleuken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 32 12

Immediate family

Members
Edward Hovencamp (father)
Samantha Hovencamp (mother)
Jean Hovencamp (sister)

More information

Pvt Edward D. Hovencamp was a welder and flame cutter before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 15 July 1943.

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

Photo source: Peter Schouteten