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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, James P
Date of birth
8 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Alco, Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Kurthwood, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38520052
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Driver
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
C Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Near Beenhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 14

Immediate family

Members
Acy Edwards (father)
Rushie Edwards (mother)
Louie Edwards (brother)
Rodessa Edwards (sister)
Woodrow Edwards (brother)
Ireda Edwards (sister)
Eloise Edwards (sister)
Marjorie Edwards (sister)

More information

T/5 James P. Edwards worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Shreveport, Louisiana on 24 August 1943.

Just outside the town of Beenhausen, a small enemy patrol sighted the convoy of C Troop and fired upon it. Three men were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
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