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Personal info

Full name
ABDO, Edward B
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16148714
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Bogheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 13 21

Immediate family

Members
Fadallala Abdo (father)
Adele (Rizik) Abdo (mother)
Nick Smerles (stepfather)
Sadie Abdo (sister)
Josephine Smerles (stepsister)
Christine Smerles (stepsister)

More information

Pvt Edward B. Abdo attended Northwestern High School.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States on 26 October 1942 in Detroit, Michigan.

The family name has also been spelled as Abodo and Avodo.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record, Detroit News - 19 February 1945, 1940 US Census, ‏

Photo source: FOHF, Susan Linton - Mary Dababneh (niece)