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Personal info

Full name
PINA, Edwin
Date of birth
25 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31236736
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Pina (father)
Mary R. (Pacheco) Pina (mother)
Albert C. Pina (brother)
George N. Pina (brother)
Arthur Pina (brother)
Agnes M. Pina (sister)
John J. Pina (brother)
Anthony C. Pina (brother)
Salvador Pina (brother)
Dolores Pina (sister)
Ester L. Pina (sister)

More information

Pfc Edwin Pina attended high school for two years and was employed at the New Jersey Rubber Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 27 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Pina Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Union48
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