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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Walter Alexander
Date of birth
26 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
Hometown
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38347119
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
North of Gros-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 37 2

Immediate family

Members
Walter H. Edwards (father)
Ophelia (Major) Edwards (mother)
Dorothy L. Edwards (sister)
John W. Edwards (brother)
Florence M. Edwards (sister)
Thomas H. Edwards (brother)
Lettie M. Edwards (sister)
Barbara J. Edwards (sister)
Betty Edwards (sister)
Patricia Edwards (sister)
Margie J. Edwards (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter A. Edwards graduated from Abilene High School in 1943 and was employed as a service station attendant. He enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 23 September 1943.
He was reported wounded in action and died in a field hospital from the effects of artillery shell fragments that resulted in the amputation of a leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Paula J
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Paula J, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Taylor County, Texas