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TEC5 Edgar Theodore Saunders

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TEC5 Edgar Theodore Saunders

Birth
Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, USA
Death
26 Jul 1944 (aged 23)
Caen, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 28.5323236, Longitude: -81.3585852
Plot
Section R, Tier 1, Sp 7 (American Legion Military Section)
Memorial ID
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Killed in action in World War II. 505 Parachute Infantry, 82 Airborne Division. From Orange County, Florida.
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World War II Enlistment:
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 14084053 14084053
NAME SAUNDERS#EDGAR#T########
RESIDENCE: STATE 42 FLORIDA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 095 ORANGE
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 4213: CP BLANDING FLORIDA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY: 14
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH: 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR: 1942
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# : Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION INF Infantry
BRANCH: CODE 10 Infantry
NATIVITY :42 FLORIDA
YEAR OF BIRTH : 1921

Information provided by: Ralph Peeters
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Although his headstone reads he was with the 505th Parachute Infantry, he is listed on the 508th Parachute Infantry website in their Roll of Honor:
Saunders,Edgar T T/5l Co C Normandy 6/44 USA/FL
Killed in action in World War II. 505 Parachute Infantry, 82 Airborne Division. From Orange County, Florida.
*****************************************
World War II Enlistment:
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 14084053 14084053
NAME SAUNDERS#EDGAR#T########
RESIDENCE: STATE 42 FLORIDA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 095 ORANGE
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 4213: CP BLANDING FLORIDA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY: 14
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH: 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR: 1942
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# : Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION INF Infantry
BRANCH: CODE 10 Infantry
NATIVITY :42 FLORIDA
YEAR OF BIRTH : 1921

Information provided by: Ralph Peeters
*****************************************
Although his headstone reads he was with the 505th Parachute Infantry, he is listed on the 508th Parachute Infantry website in their Roll of Honor:
Saunders,Edgar T T/5l Co C Normandy 6/44 USA/FL

Inscription

FLORIDA
TEC 5 505 PRCHT INF
82nd ABN DIV
WORLD WAR II



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