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Personal info

Full name
ERP, Edward Max
Date of birth
17 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Rural, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
6264815
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Tettingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 39

Immediate family

Members
John L. Erp (father)
Laura E (Swan) Erp (mother)
John S. Erp (brother)
Catherine J. Erp (sister)
Elsie J. (Westerfield) Erp (wife)

More information

Sgt Edward M. Erp joined the Regular Army on 24 September 1939.

He died on 26 November 1944 of wounds received on 23 November.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Pottawatonie County Historical Society, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gillmore Harris Genealogy
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