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Personal info

Full name
JENDREK, Edward Gabriel
Date of birth
25 November 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
13070003
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 99

Immediate family

Members
Eugene F. Jendrek (father)
Marie G. (Crownhart) Jendrek (mother)
Eugene F. Jendrek (brother)
John P. Jendrek (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward G. Jendriek attended college for four years and was a clerk before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Baltimore, Maryland on 26 February 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his face and neck.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hoshall Jendrek Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Beachbunnypj