Rank and Name, Coxswain Bernhard Edwards.
Unit/Placed in, USS Laffey (DD-724) Destroyer.
Bernard is born on 1912 in Washington County, Ohio.
Father, Everett Edwards.
Mother, Ida Myrtle Wood.
Sister(s), Laeta Faye Edwards.
Brother(s), Orland Wesley Edwards.
Bernard enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 6143229.
Bernard was KIA when the USS Laffey was attacked near Okinawa by many Kamikazes the Laffey survived despite being badly damaged by four bombs on 16 April 1945, he is honored with a Bronze Star Medal, 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.
Bernard is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Bernard also has a Memorial Grave at Newport Cemetery
Newport, Washington County, Ohio, USA.
Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHLN-7V2
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/
