Rank and Name, Private First Class Edward Fred Abel.

Unit/Placed in on, 162^nd Infantry Regiment, 41^st Infantry Division “Sunsetters “.

Edward is born 1920  in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Father, Fred C. Abel.

Mother, Josephine S. (Pasket) Abel.

Edward enlisted the U.S.Army in  Washington with service number # 37544885.

Edward was KIA near Mokmur Airfield on Biak Island, New Guinea on June 8, 1944,  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Edward is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cc/041id.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/