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Personal info

Full name
EDDY, Milton B
Date of birth
17 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Elmira, Chemung County, New York

Military service

Service number
42118123
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tadler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 1 40

Immediate family

Members
Andrew L. Eddy (father)
Maud Eddy (mother)
Erma G. Eddy (sister)
Ida L. Eddy (sister)
Norman L. Eddy (brother)
Milton (Jones) Eddy (wife)
Milton Eddy (son)
Carol A. Eddy (daugther)

More information

Pvt Milton B. Eddy attended South Side High School in Elmira, New York for three years and was a welder before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1925 State Census / 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette