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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Eugene Ellick
Date of birth
9 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Culmon County, Alabama
Hometown
Jigger, Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38390264
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 7

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Edwards (father)
Frances D. (Parsons) Edwards (mother)
Hubert G. Edwards (brother)
Losen J. Edwards (brother)
Lawson Edwards (brother)
August C. Edwards (brother)
Alma B. Edwards (sister)
Retha I. Edwards (sister)
Eugenvy Edwards (sister)
Jessie A. Edwards (brother)
Hermon Edwards (brother)
Lester G. Edwards (brother)
Odis E. Edwards (brother)
Ethel I. Edwards (sister)
Oatis E. Edwards (brother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Reeves Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Melissa West Reeves, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / usafdo / Melissa West