World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Craig Edwards
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
Central Fire Control Aerial Gunner of Boeing B-29 Superfortress serial #44-69887, 484th Bomber Squadron, 505th Bombardment Group (VH), 313th Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force stationed at North Field on Tinian in the Mariana Islands; Pacific Theatre of Operations. Shot down by a Kawasaki Ki-45 two-seat, twin-engine fighter, and crashed in Utogi, Meiji Village, Minamiamabe County, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.