Service number: 0-467 499
Age: 24
Born: 20 Jun 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Hometown: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Family:
Col. Carroll Andrew Edson (father)
Hazel (nee Partridge) Edson (mother)
Lucille Elizabeth Edson/Smith (sister)
Virginia Crane Edson/Deuel (sister)
David Hatch Edson (brother)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Function: Personnel Staff Officer (G-1, A-1, S-1)
Battalion: 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Headquarters
Date of death: October 6, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Overloon, Boxmeer Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Spot: Vicinity of Overloon, Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Not available
Cemetery: Brookfield Cemetery
Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Date of enlistment:
Other information:
Service number: 0-467 499
Age: 24
Born: 20 Jun 1920, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Hometown: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Family:
Col. Carroll Andrew Edson (father)
Hazel (nee Partridge) Edson (mother)
Lucille Elizabeth Edson/Smith (sister)
Virginia Crane Edson/Deuel (sister)
David Hatch Edson (brother)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Function: Personnel Staff Officer (G-1, A-1, S-1)
Battalion: 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Headquarters
Date of death: October 6, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Overloon, Boxmeer Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Spot: Vicinity of Overloon, Netherlands
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Not available
Cemetery: Brookfield Cemetery
Brookfield, Orange County, Vermont, USA
Date of enlistment:
Other information:
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