World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James R. Edwards
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mississippi
Honored By
Jan Bos
PRIVATE, WAS A PARATROOPER C COMPANY, 307TH AIRBORNE ENGINEER BATTALION, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY AND HE WAS KILLED. HE IS BURIED IN THE VICKSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY, MISSISSIPPI.