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Personal info

Full name
SLIVA, Eddie Edward
Date of birth
5 November 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Olmos, Bee County, Texas
Hometown
Live Oak County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38671951
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 39 27

Immediate family

Members
Henry Sliva (father)
Josephine (Konvicka) Sliva (mother)
Louis R. Sliva (brother)
Annie H. Sliva (sister)
Julius A. Sliva (brother)
Charlie V. Sliva (brother)
Herman L. Sliva (brother)
Viola L. Sliva (sister)
Erna H. (Nations) Sliva (wife)
Eddie E. Sliva Jr. (son)
Royce Sliva (son)

More information

Pvt Eddie E. Sliva enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 20 March 1944.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Novak Minter Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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