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Sgt Robert Powell Edwards

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Sgt Robert Powell Edwards

Birth
Spadra, Johnson County, Arkansas, USA
Death
8 Dec 1941 (aged 23)
Wake Island, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Plot
Wake Island Defenders Group, G68
Memorial ID
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Enlisted U. S. Army 1936; U. S. Marine Air Corps 1939

Trained as an Airplane Mechanic

Shipped to Hawaii where he became co-pilot and gunner on a dive bomber.

Decorations: Order of the Purple Heart, posthumously; two citations from the U. S. Navy.

Died: Manning machine guns in airplane before take-off, Wake Island.
Enlisted U. S. Army 1936; U. S. Marine Air Corps 1939

Trained as an Airplane Mechanic

Shipped to Hawaii where he became co-pilot and gunner on a dive bomber.

Decorations: Order of the Purple Heart, posthumously; two citations from the U. S. Navy.

Died: Manning machine guns in airplane before take-off, Wake Island.

Inscription

USMC, SGT

Gravesite Details

Thanks very much to FAG Member, jdean, for providing details added to this memorial.



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