Esch Edward F., Jr.

Monuments

17th Airborne Division Glider Memorial

RAF Greenham Crash Memorial

Name:

Edward F., Jr. Esch

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

32930417

Unit:

194th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division

Date of Death:

1944-12-12

State:

New York

Cemetery:

St. Stanislaus Cemetery, New York

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Edward F. Esch, Jr. was born on July 10, 1924 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. He enlisted in the Army on April 6, 1943 in Buffalo, New York. He was noted as being employed as a Sales clerk and also as Single, without dependents.He resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war. Edward served as a Private First Class, Company C, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division, U.S. Army during World War II. He was one of the 33 service members who were killed on site when a Horsa glider crashed on tookoff on December 12, 1944 at Greenham Common Airbase, England. He is now buried in the Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA at the age of 20.