World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Edmund P. Ambrose
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dallas County, Alabama
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY NOVEMBER 25, 1941 AT SELMA, ALABAMA. SERVED AS A DEMOLITIONIST IN THE EUROPEAN THEATERS OF OPERATION ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY, REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, 2ND BATTALION, 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE ‘SCREAMING EAGLES’ DIVISION. KILLED IN ACTION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1944 ALONG WITH SIX OTHER DEMOLITIONISTS DURING A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW TO DISARM A GERMAN RIEGEL ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINE. SEVERAL MINES HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE DEMONSTRATION AND ONE EXPLODED WHILE BEING DISARMED, DENOTING ALL OF THE MINES. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AN ISLAND, NEAR DODEWAARD, HOLLAND DURING THE INVASION OF HOLLAND, OPERATION MARKET GARDEN. HE IS BURIED IN THE NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY, MARGRATEN, NETHERLANDS. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.