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Calvin Jefferson Edwards Jr.

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Calvin Jefferson Edwards Jr.

Birth
Crawford, McLennan County, Texas, USA
Death
13 Mar 1918 (aged 23)
Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Osage, Coryell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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War Heroes: Calvin Jefferson Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Edwards, of Crawford. He was born August 28, 1894. On June 22, 1917, he was accepted for the Marine Corps and ordered to Paris Island for training. While there he won a medal for expert marksmanship. After finishing his training he was assigned to duty on board the U.S.S. Pennsylvania. In March, 1918, he contracted meningitis and was sent to a meningitis hospital near Portsmouth, VA., but he lived only about five days, dying March 13, 1918. His remains were sent home for burial. The death certificate lists the cause of death as Cerebro spinal fever and a contributing cause as pneumonia broncho. (Assume bronchial pneumonia).
War Heroes: Calvin Jefferson Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Edwards, of Crawford. He was born August 28, 1894. On June 22, 1917, he was accepted for the Marine Corps and ordered to Paris Island for training. While there he won a medal for expert marksmanship. After finishing his training he was assigned to duty on board the U.S.S. Pennsylvania. In March, 1918, he contracted meningitis and was sent to a meningitis hospital near Portsmouth, VA., but he lived only about five days, dying March 13, 1918. His remains were sent home for burial. The death certificate lists the cause of death as Cerebro spinal fever and a contributing cause as pneumonia broncho. (Assume bronchial pneumonia).

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Son & Brother - US MARINE 20 JUNE 1917 WW I

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