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Personal info

Full name
EGGERDING, Alvin T
Date of birth
20 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Prairie, Randolph County, Illinois
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35899251
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
271st Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 6 8

Immediate family

Members
Fred Eggerding (father)
Helene W. (Stellhorn) Eggerding (mother)
Selma C. Eggerding (sister)
Erwin Eggerding (brother)
Fred C. Eggerding (brother)
Norma A. Eggerding (sister)
Walter Eggerding (brother)
Arnold H. Eggerding (Brother)
Margaret L. (Boles) Eggerding (wife)
Donald Eggerding (son)

More information

Pvt Alvin T. Eggerding enlisted in December 1943.

He graduated from Manuel High School in 1937 where he was on the football team for a year. He was known to like fishing and planned to be a draftsman or pattern maker after graduation.
He was employed at Alison's General Motors Corporation before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He received his basic training at Miami Beach, Florida and was stationed at Wilmington, North Carolina. Besides his wife Pvt Eggerding left behind a two years old son.

Source of information: André Koch, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census - Worth Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Dietra R., http://www.digitalindy.org - Indianapolis Marion County Library - Manuel High School yearbook, 1937, The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), http://www.digitalindy.org - Indianapolis Marion County Library - Manuel High School yearbook, 1937