Hohl, Edwin Stafford, born 10-07-1923, in Erie, New York, 
United States, to Fred G. Hohl (1890–1958) and his wife Florence H. Hohl (1891–1963). 
. Edwin had one brother Freadmonde H Hohl, who passed away 12-02-1988 (age 74) in New York.
Edwin resided in Erie County, New York prior to the war. He enlisted in the US Army 
on 14-12-1942 in Buffalo, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the mechanical treatment of metals and also as Single, without dependents.
Volunteering for the Paratroopers which is with the 101 Airborne D-Day, 
Commander Brigadier General Antony Clement “Nuts” McAuliffe 
the liberators of my birthtown, on 18 September 1944, Eindhoven during Operation Market Garden 
and the 82nd Airborne Division 
under command of Major General Ridgway, Matthew Bunker, “Old Iron Tits” 
the primary active parachute assault force of the United States Army, designed for rapid global deployment within 18 hours. Edwin was trained as a medic and served in the Medical Detachment, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 
101st Airborne Division, the 501 Regiment under command of Colonel Howard Ravenscroft “Jumpy” Johnson, nickname “Jumpy” of “Skeets”. 
They parachuted into Normandy in the early morning hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944.
A few hours later a group of 150 US Paratroopers, including Edwin, was advancing in the vicinity of Pouppeville in order to seize Causeway number one. The vicinity of Pouppeville—a small French village located just inland from the Normandy coast—held immense strategic value during the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. It served as the crucial geographic link where Allied airborne and seaborne forces first united.
Shots rang out from a German sniper and Major Lawrence J “Larry” Legere 
fell wounded. Major Legere survived the war despite being severely wounded, he retired from the Army in 1966 as a Colonel, passing away on 11-08-2001, age 82.
Death and burial group of Hohl, Edwin Stafford.
Hohl, age 20, left his position and raced towards the wounded officer, as he knelt beside him, he was shot in the chest and killed, despite wearing his medic armband. The young medic was one of seven Paratroopers killed near Pouppeville. Edwin Hohl was killed in action serving as a Medic trying to help a fellow wounded paratrooper on June 6, 1944 in Normandy.
His remains were brought home after the war and Edwin Hohl is buried at Williamsville Cemetery in Williamsville, New York. He is also memorialized by a monument in Pouppeville, Normandy. 
The casualities of the 101 Airborne Division, Normandy (D-Day / Operation Overlord): 4,480 to 4,670 total casualties (around 546–868 killed, 2,217 wounded, and 1,907 missing/captured). Holland (Operation Market Garden): 3,300 total casualties (752 killed, 2,151 wounded, and 398 missing/captured). and Belgium (Bastogne / Battle of the Bulge): 3,425 total casualties (482 killed, 2,449 wounded, and 527 missing/captured).
The 82nd Airborne Division suffered approximately 9,703 total casualties during World War II, which included 1,619 killed in action.
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