Spc. William L. Edwards of Houston grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Stratford High School in Spring Branch. His family moved to Somerville after he enrolled at Texas A&M, where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets C2 unit. He was enrolled at the College Station campus from fall 2002 through fall 2003. He spent spring 2004, his last semester in college, at Texas A&M-Galveston and left college to join the military. Billy was also active in the Boy Scouts, obtaining Eagle Scout status at 15. He was an avid camper and rose to the post of senior patrol leader, ultimately supervising the 125 boys in his troop. His family wasn't surprised when he came to them with a plan to leave school and enlist. Though he had a Navy scholarship he was insistent on joining the infantry. And so, in February 2006, he did. He deployed to Iraq on May 11, 2007. He died in Arab Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire at age 23. Strickland Funeral Home

Army
1st Battalion
30th Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade Combat Team
3rd Infantry Division
Fort Stewart, Georgia

Spc. William L. Edwards of Houston grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Stratford High School in Spring Branch. His family moved to Somerville after he enrolled at Texas A&M, where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets C2 unit. He was enrolled at the College Station campus from fall 2002 through fall 2003. He spent spring 2004, his last semester in college, at Texas A&M-Galveston and left college to join the military. Billy was also active in the Boy Scouts, obtaining Eagle Scout status at 15. He was an avid camper and rose to the post of senior patrol leader, ultimately supervising the 125 boys in his troop. His family wasn't surprised when he came to them with a plan to leave school and enlist. Though he had a Navy scholarship he was insistent on joining the infantry. And so, in February 2006, he did. He deployed to Iraq on May 11, 2007. He died in Arab Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire at age 23. Strickland Funeral Home

Army
1st Battalion
30th Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade Combat Team
3rd Infantry Division
Fort Stewart, Georgia