Rank and Name, Lieutenant Commanders Heywood Lane Edwards.
Unit/Placed in, USS Reuben James (DD-245) Destroyer, United States Navy.
Heywood is born on 9 November 1905 in San Saba, San Saba County, Texas.
Father, Winston Chapman Edwards.
Mother, Louise (Smith) Edwards.
Brother(s), Winston Chapman Edwards.
Spouse, Almeda (Stewart) Edwards.
Heywood enlisted the service in Texas with service number # O-060361.
Heywood was KIA/MIA, the destroyer was sunk by a torpedo attack from German submarine U-552 near Iceland on 31 October 1941, 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.
Heywood is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery
Walls of the missing.
Heywood also has a Memorial Grave at San Saba City Cemetery,
San Saba, San Saba County, Texas, USA.
Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/96XW-168
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
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
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