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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Raymond J
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Manchester, Boone County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16033148
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Altwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 24 29

Immediate family

Members
Roy Edwards (father)
Nellie E. (Duggan) Edwards (mother)
Lawrence L. Edwards (brother)
Bernard M. Edwards (brother)
Catherine E. Edwards (sister)
LeRoy F. Edwards (brother)
Margaret M. Edwards (sister)
Mary E. Edwards (sister)

More information

Pfc Raymond J. Edwards attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Grant, Illinois on 7 February 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire on his buttock and hip.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

He is also remembered at the Calvary Cemetery in Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.

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 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Peggy, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Peggy