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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, George A Jr
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Greeley County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O-689950
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
573rd Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Roye-Amy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 64

Immediate family

Members
George A. Edwards (father)
Vivian M. Edwards (mother)
Beverly Edwards (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-67840
Data
Type: B-26G

More information

1st Lt George A. Edwards Jr. attended college and was a bartender before he joined the Regular Army in Kansas City, Kansas on 11 May 1942.

He his enlistment.

The airplane crashed on take-off.

Lt Edwards was first buried at th Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=109814
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy