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Personal info

Full name
EDWARDS, Farris Eugene
Date of birth
14 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Newton County, Mississippi
Hometown
Scott County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34475339
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 July 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 31 5

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Edwards (father)
Ella (Leach) Edwards (mother)
Jim Edwards (brother)
Clair Edwards (brother)
John Edwards (brother)
Rosie Edwards (sister)
Lois Edwards (sister)
Beatrice Edwards (sister)
James Edwards (brother)
Dorothy Edwards (sister)
Jewel Edwards (wife)

More information

Pfc Farris E. Edwards enlisted on 29 October 1942 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Grass/De Vore Family Tree / Headstone Inscription and Interment Record / 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten