Edwards, Arthur Stump

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Arthur Stump Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, SS Molly Pitcher Steam merchant (Liberty).

The UGS convoys were a series of east-bound trans-Atlantic convoys from the United States to Gibraltar carrying food, ammunition, and military hardware to the United States Army in North Africa and southern Europe during World War II. These convoys assembled in Hampton Roads near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and terminated in various North African locations as Axis forces retreated from 1942 through 1945.

Arthur is born on 1926 in Kentucky.

Father, Ray Eugene Edwards.

Mother, Emma Edwards.

Brother(s), Walter, William, James Franklin, John and Ray Edwards.

Arthur enlisted the service in Florida with service number # 6372579.

Arthur was KIA/MIA When the SS Molly Pitcher was torpedoed by the U-521 and sunk in the North Atlantic on 17 March 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Arthur is buried/mentioned at North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2808.html

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?94767

https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNBPbyDate1943.htm

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.