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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Dana W
Date of birth
19 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine
Hometown
Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31150587
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 14 40

Immediate family

Members
Claude H. Edwards (father)
Doris Edwards (mother)
Richard C. Edwards (brother)
Burleigh L. Edwards (brother)
Elinor (Weber) Edwards (wife)

More information

Pfc Dana W. Edwards enlisted in August 1942 and was a member of the band at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts for two years. When the band was disbanded, he trained at Camp Pickett, Virginia.

Source of information: Carla Mans, The Lewiston Daily Sun 15 January 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Aimee Fogg, www.ancestry.com - Livermore High School Yearbook 1946