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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Earl H
Date of birth
3 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brickerville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33013735
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
C Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Vallerange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Frank Edwards (father)
Katie E. (Heffley) Edwards (mother)
Roy H. Edwards (brother)

More information

Cpl Earl H. Edwards worked on a farm before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 4 April 1942. He was sent overseas in February 1943.

He is remembered at the Brickerville United Lutheran Church & Cemetery in Brickerville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Nevin May, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Lostnfog & Family, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster New Era Pennsylvania 28 December 1944, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Joel Frampton Gilfert / Lostnfog & Family