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Henschler, Edward Vernon

Date of birth:
March 10th, 1917 (Blue Island-Cook County/Illinois, the United States of America)
Date of death:
September 20th, 1944 (on the Waal river near Nijmegen/Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: F. Row: 4. Grave: 7.
Service number:
36039159
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Private 1st Class
Unit:
Company C, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden

posthumously awarded
Purple Heart

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