Edwards, Charles Luther

Rank and Name, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Charles Luther Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, USS Drexler (DD-741) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Charles is born approx. on 13 March 1919 in Maryland.

Father, Charles Newton Edwards.

Mother, Lula Ruth (Farmer) Edwards.

Brother(s), Wade Lapsley Edwards.

Spouse, Ruby Maude (Armistead) Edwards.

Son, Lawrence Ray Edwards.

Charles enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 6583229.

Charles was KIA when the USS Drexler was attacked by kamikazes near Okinawa, the Second gave large gasoline fires, she then was hit by a P1Y1 Bomber causing her to sink on 28 May 1945, he is honored with a Silver 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.

Charles is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2068.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6Q4-NP5

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