Sgt. Edward P. Lindner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Math Lindner, was born in the Town of Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.) on June 29, 1923 and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School, graduating with the class of 1936.
He left for his physical examination on Oct. 12, 1942. From Milwaukee he went to Fort Sheridan, Ill. and then to Fort Lewis, Wash. From here he was sent to Los Angeles, and later to San Francisco, Calif., from where he went to the Hawaiian Islands where he remained for 10 months. He then went to New Guinea where he remained six months, then going to Molacco’s Island and then to the Philippine Islands where he was killed in action on Luzon on April 11, 1945. He was a member of the 33rd Division under Major General Clarkson. He never had a furlough.
Sgt. Edward was one of eleven children and is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Genevieve) Budxisz of Chicago, and Loretta and Helen at home, four brothers, Frank, Bernard, Lawrence and Jerry at home, his grandmothers, Mrs. Anna Lindner and Mrs. Ev. Scherer and many uncles, aunts and cousins, two brothers, Joseph and William and one sister preceded him in death.
