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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Alvin Leonard
Date of birth
25 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Columbia, Richland County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35783031
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Unterhöfen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 21 27

Immediate family

Members
Cyril S. Edwards (father)
Vesta V. (Ward) Edwards (mother)
Paul Edwards (brother)
Cyril W. Edwards (brother)

More information

Pvt Alvin L. Edwards attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 6 September 1944.
He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Maria Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Young American Patriots