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EDWARDS, Earl H - Date of
birth
3 April 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Brickerville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33013735 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
Gunner -
Unit
C Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Vallerange, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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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