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Personal info

Full name
RUNGE, Edwin Debarr
Date of birth
4 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Dane County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36825180
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
271st Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 16 22

Immediate family

Members
Ralf T. Runge (father)
Helen C. (DeBarr) Runge (mother)
Harriet Runge (sister)
Louise Runge (sister)
Frieda A. Runge (sister)

More information

Pvt Edwin D. Runge graduated from East High School and attended the University of Illinois engineering school, Urbana, Illinois under the army specialized training program.

His brother in law, Seaman 2c George Ellis Watson,was reported Missing in Action on 3 November 1944. He is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspaperarchive.com - Wisconsin State Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, East High School yearbook 1943, Wisconsin State Journal 22 March 1945