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Personal info

Full name
SHRIVER, Edward Franklin
Date of birth
22 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Stewartstown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Hometown
Monongalia County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35846744
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 10 26

Immediate family

Members
Ella B. (Rogers) Shriver (mother)

More information

Pvt Edward F. Shriver enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 23 November 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery