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STAFF SERGEANT ELWOOD G.
CASHMAN was born in Pennsylvania in 1922. The fourth son of William V.
and Anne McFarland Cashman, his father worked as a machinist in the
publishing industry. In 1930 the family owned a home at 129 Locust
avenue in Merchantville NJ.
After being inducted into
the Army, Elwood Cashman was assigned to the 55th Armored Infantry
Battalion. Seeing service in Europe, he was wounded and had received the
Silver Star before being killed in action in fighting near Linz, Austria
on May 4, 1945.
Elwood Cashman was
survived by his parents, and brothers Harold E., Calvin R. , and
Willard.
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