Name:
Edwin J. Hummel
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
42146856
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1945-03-17
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Henri Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium
Plot:
C
Row:
15
Grave:
44
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Edwin J. Hummel was born in 1919. He had one son with Ester M. Dolan in 1937. He enlisted in the Army on June 28, 1944 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was noted as being employed as a heat treater and also as Married. Edwin served as a Private First Class, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II. He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war. Edwin was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded a Purple Heart.