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Personal info

Full name
EDGIN, Dewey Cleveland
Date of birth
5 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Leachville, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Hometown
Lee County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38603241
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
272nd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 May 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 21 13

Immediate family

Members
Charles Edgin (father)
Louanne Edgin (mother)
Gorden Edgin (brother)
Margie Edgin (sister)
Emma I. Edgin (sister)
Kathryn (Oxner) Edgin (wife)
Dewey C. Edgin Jr. (son)

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Arkansas County Marriages Index, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jennifer Jackson