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Personal info

Full name
EDINGER, Donald Eugene
Date of birth
18 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33410059
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Augsburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 14 29

Immediate family

Members
Clyde Edinger (father)
Charlotte R. (Dougan) Edinger (mother)
Shirley A. Edinger (sister)
Patricia Edinger (half-sister)
Lawrence Edinger (half-brother)
Corinne L. Edinger (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Donald E. Edinger attended high school for two years and was a production worker at the Talon Slide Fastener Co.

He enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 19 January 1943 and was sent overseas in July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M/E