SSGT
Edwin Burgher Jr
Aged 20, fallen January 25, 1945
- Unit
- Company B, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 32943163
- Hometown
- Ulster, New York
- Date of death
- January 25, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 28 Grave 20, Epinal, France
Staff Sergeant Edwin Burgher Jr, serial number 32943163, of Ulster, New York, served with Company B of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 28 Grave 20, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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