Sgt. Edward Henry Trebs


Born: 8 January 1913 - Wisconsin

Parents: Hugo Trebs & Florence Duell-Trebs

Siblings: 2 brothers, 2 sisters

Enlisted: Wisconsin National Guard

Hometown: Janesville, Wisconsin

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 25 November 1940

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

        - 8 December 1941 - 6 January 1942

    - Battle of Bataan

        - 7 January 1942 - 18 January1942

Wounded:

    - Shrapnel wounds to his right leg - 23 December 1941 - Japanese bombed bridge

         - infection set in - tropical ulcers - would not heal

    - Evacuated to Australia - 18 January 1942

Discharged: 19 December 1945

Died:

    - 15 April 1997 - Hacienda Heights, California

Buried:

    - Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, California      


 

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