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Personal info

Full name
KWASNIK, Edward Ludwig
Date of birth
25 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey
Ethnicity
White

Military service

Service number
42085524
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Oplooseweg, northeast of Kamphoef
West of Overloon, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 2 72

Immediate family

Members
Rose Kwasnik (mother)

More information

Pvt Edward L. Kwasnik aenlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 1 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Richard Schoutissen