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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, John Rufus
Date of birth
19 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Davidson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34984735
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Faymonville-Schoppen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 13 58

Immediate family

Members
Francis D. Edwards (father)
Ella E. Edwards (mother)
Ethel E. Edwards (sister)
Eva B. Edwards (sister)
Margaret H. Edwards (sister)
Elizabeth (Bean) Edwards (wife)

More information

Pvt John R. Edwards was a manufacturer of shoes and boots.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 26 March 1944 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.nashvillearchives.org, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet