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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Carl Louis
Date of birth
9 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39477250
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 3 17

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Edwards (father)
Ruth (Bergeron) Edwards (mother)
Orval Edwards (brother)
Wesley Edwards (brother)
George Edwards (brother)
Leonard Edwards (brother)
Gladys Edwards (sister)
Irene Edwards (sister)
Betty J. (Downing) Edwards (wife)

More information

Pvt Carl L. Edwards enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 6 June 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://home.scarlet.be/˜sh446368/aar 121st inf 6.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Oregon Daily Journal - 12 January 1945