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Personal info

Full name
POLLOCK, Edward James
Date of birth
16 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hartford, Washington County, New York
Hometown
Washington County, New York

Military service

Service number
32227121
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 20

Immediate family

Members
Harvey Pollock (father)
Anna M. (Skellie) Pollock (mother)
Esther M. Pollock (sister)
Elsie J. Pollock (sister)
Elmer Pollock (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Edward J. Pollock enlisted in Camp Uptown Yaphank, New York on 12 March 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, 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 / New York State Census 1915, http://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Post-Star 4 December 1944