Edwards, Dupree Lee – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Fireman Third Class Dupree Lee Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, USS Sims (DD-409) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Dupree is born approx. on 1925 in Blounts Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina.

Father, Rufus Lee Edwards.

Mother, Ruby E. Edwards.

Brother(s), Arthur Edwards.

Dupree enlisted the service in Nort Carolina with service number # 2629824.

Dupree was KIA/MIA when the USS Sims was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft in Battle of Coral Sea on 7 May 1942, 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.

Dupree is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/05/409.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.anyPlace=North%20Carolina%2C%20Verenigde%20Staten%20van%20Amerika&q.givenName=dupree%20Lee%20&q.motherGivenName=ruby%20e.&q.motherSurname=edwards&q.surname=edwards

https://destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/usssims/

https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1733.html

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