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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ray Keith Edwards

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

John Peterson

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE LOST HIS LIFE WHILE RECEIVING AN IMPORTANT RADIO MESSAGE DURING A JAPANESE AERIAL BOMBARDMENT ON GUADALCANAL ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1942. FOR THIS ACTION HE RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR POSTHUMOUSLY. THE U.S. NAVY DESTROYER ESCORT USS RAY K. EDWARDS DE-23 WAS NAMED FOR HIM.