157th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit InsigniaCorporal Edward J. Amzibel 45th Infantry Division Shoulder Patch

Left: 157th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

Company L, 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment

Campaigns

Anzio

Rome-Arno

Awards

Purple Heart

Chronology

1923

November 24: Born

1942:

June 27:
Registered for the draft

1943

May 10
Enlisted

1944

March:
Hospitalized with conjunctivitis, catarrhal

April:
Discharged from hospital

Unknown: Deployed to Italy and assigned to Company L, 157th Infantry Regiment

June:
Hospitalized from artillery shell wounds during the breakout from Anzio

First Location: Femur, shaft;

Second Location: Spine and Trunk: Scapula;

Third Diagnosis: Gas bacillus group infection with gangrene;

Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified

July 10: Flown from Casablanca to La Guardia, New York: Passenger list.

Both legs amputated

1945:

Percy Jones Army Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan

March:
Discharged from Army.

1988

January 8: Died

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