Edwin B. Flexer

  • ASN:
    33025570
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Jul 3, 1917
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Aug 1, 1944
FULL NAME:

Edwin B. Flexer

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

33025570

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Jul 3, 1917
  • DATE OF DEATH: Aug 1, 1944
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Jan 27, 1941
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company L, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Squad Leader
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Killed in action (KIA)
  • DATE:
    Aug 1, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Near Souleuvre river, Vire, France
  • NOTES:
    On August 1, 1944 38th Infantry Regiment was attacking near Souleuvre river in direction of the city Vire, France. / Causative Agent: Bullet, Missile Not Stated
HONORED BY:

Ned Flexer, Son

NARA - Display Full Records

File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Flexer, Edwin B
Race
Unknown
Admission Date
Aug 1944
Admission Type of Injury
Casualty, battle
Military Service Number
33025570
Rank
Enlisted Man
Branch
Infantry, General or Unspecified
Length of Service
Unknown
Injured in Line of Duty
In line of duty
Medical Diagnosis
CausativeAgent: Bullet, Missile Not Stated
Discharge Type
Died
Discharge Date
Aug 1944
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

ARTICLES

S/Sgt. Edwin B. Flexer – KIA August 1st, 1944

Some weeks ago we were contacted by family of S/Sgt. Edwin B. Flexer, a member of Company L, 38th Infantry Regiment. His family found our post, published on February 10, where we presented the signed card with Thanksgiving Dinner Menu of Company L. This card was printed in Fort Sam Houston in November 1941 and was signed by 40 members of Company L. It was a great surprise for everyone when Flexer family have found that S/Sgt. Edwin Flexer signed our copy almost 78 years ago. We talked with Rev. Ned Flexer, the son of S/Sgt. Edwin B. Flexer and together we would like to present you the remarkable story of S/Sgt. Edwin Flexer and his family. ROSTER PROFILE Edwin Flexer was born on July 3, 1917 in Philadelphia, state Pennsylvania. He had six siblings (three brothers and three sisters). Although Edwin lived in the city, he loved horses and spent a lot of time at a stable where he…

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