Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Dan Edwards.
Unit/Placed in, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Dan is born. on 1922 in Grayson, Virginia.
Father, John Dickenson Edwards.
Mother, Ruth Malinda (Higgins) Edwards.
Brother(s), Joe “Bill” Williams Edwards.
Dan enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 7826899.
Dan was KIA when the USS Franklin was hit by 2 Bombs from a Japanese airplane in the approach to the Japanese mainland on 19 May 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Dan is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, https://ussfranklin.org/
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6NG-X3Z
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
