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Personal info

Full name
BERRY, Edward Kane
Date of birth
2 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Midland, Fauquier County, Virginia
Hometown
Alexandria, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33637013
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bliesbruck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edgar K. Berry (father)
Sadie E. (Kane) Berry (mother)
Hazel A. Berry (sister)
Beatrice M. Berry (sister)
Dorothy E. (Cole) Berry (wife)

More information

Pfc Edward K. Berry attended high school for two years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia, on 10 May 1943.

The boat which Pfc Berry was riding struck an obstacle in the river which capsized the boat. Due to the swift waters he was drowned. This occurred in the vicinity of Habkirchen, Germany on the French border.

He is remembered at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Bealeton, Fauquier County, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Schmidt Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Hope / MAJ Jimmy Cotton, IDPF courtesy of the 7th AD Association

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Hope, www.newspapers.com - Evening Star - 14 February 1945