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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, William Rupert
Date of birth
3 May 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Alexandria, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38336284
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 13 20

Immediate family

Members
Ivy Edwards (father)
Eula D. (Francis) Edwards (mother)
Clarence Edwards (brother)
Tommy J. Edwards (brother)
Guy F. Edwards (brother)
Willie B. (Hamer) Edwards (wife)
Peggy L. Edwards (daughter)

More information

William R. Edwards was employed at the Triangle Drilling Co. in Shreveport in civilian life.

Sgt William R. Edwards was killed in action in Germany near the Rur river. He served with the 102nd Ozark Division.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - The Times

Photo source: Peter Schouteten