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Personal info

Full name
LAFELDT, Edmond Ewald
Date of birth
14 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Ossineke, Alpena County, Michigan
Hometown
Ossineke, Alpena County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36468919
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Near Zella-Mehlis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 12 30

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. Lafeldt (father)
Augusta (Schultz) Lafeldt (mother)
William E. Lafeldt (brother)
Lena W. Lafeldt (sister)
Martha T. Lafeldt (sister)
Carl H. Lafeldt (brother)
Bertha C. Lafeldt (sister)
Arthur A. Lafeldt (brother)
Dora A. Lafeldt (sister)
Walter A. Lafeldt (brother)
Ludwig E. Lafeldt (brother)
Esther J. Lafeldt (sister)

More information

Pfc Edmond E. Lafeldt worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 6 July 1944.

He was killed by shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Walmsley Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - wwtrux