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Personal info

Full name
CAWLEY, Edward Raymond
Date of birth
21 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
33463069
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Koslar-Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 3 14

Immediate family

Members
John Cawley (father)
Catherine Cawley (mother)
Jim Cawley (brother)
Joseph Cawley (brother)
Leo Cawley (brother)
Frank Cawley (brother)
Loretta Cawley (sister)
Harold Cawley (brother)
Leonard Cawley (brother)
Marie Cawley (sister)
Margaret Cawley (sister)
John Cawley (brother)

More information

Sgt Edward R. Cawley graduated from Forty Fort High School in 1935 and was employed by Remington Rand Company in Bridgeport.

He enlisted at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 12 February 1943. He missed going overseas with his unit because he was on leave. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 29 October 1944.

Three of his brothers also served during the war.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Ann Marie Hayes, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, The Wilkes-Barre Record (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card


Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ann Marie Hayes (niece)