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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, John Clark
Date of birth
23 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Grafton County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31199588
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 11 5

Immediate family

Members
George Edwards (father)
Maude (Clark) Edwards (mother)
Norma L. (Wing) Edwards (wife)

More information

Cpl John C. Edwards attended high school for two years and was a steward in the Graduate Club before he enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 24 October 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / My Family Tree / Vermont Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy