Ladwig Edward Albert

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Edward Albert Ladwig is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

7th Armored �Lucky Seventh� Division Memorial

Name:

Edward Albert Ladwig

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

36624570

Unit:

87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Armored Division

Date of Death:

1944-11-06

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Saint Mary Cemetery and Columbarium, Illinois

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Edward Albert Ladwig was born on December 11, 1920, in Illinois. He was the son of Albert Jacob Ladwig and Elizabeth Theresa Jahntz Janachewski Ladwig.

Pfc Ladwig was assigned as Light Mortar Crewman (Military Occupation Specialty 607) in Troop B, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), 7th Armored Division during World War II. He was Killed in Action on November 6, 1944, in the vicinity of Ospel, Netherlands, and is now buried in the Saint Mary Cemetery and Columbarium, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA.