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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Walter Owen Jr
Date of birth
16 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Hometown
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36784968
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mausbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 33

Immediate family

Members
Walter O. Edwards Sr. (father)
Margaret A. (Laskay) Edwards (mother)
Dorothy J. (Onken) Edwards (wife)
Letitia A. Edwards (daughter)

More information

Pvt. Walter O. Edwards, Jr. graduated from the University of Illinois in 1933 with a Liberal Arts degree.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, University of Illinois Alumni office, family tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.uiaa.org - University of Illinois yearbook 1932