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World War II (1939-1945)
Edward enlisted in the United States Army. When he was captured as a prisoner of war in the Philippines in 1942, he was serving with the Coast Artillery Corps. He was imprisoned in PW Camp #10 until his transfer in October 1944. On October 24, 1944, while attempting to escape the sinking POW transport ship Arisan Maru, Edward was shot. The ship carried 1782 US prisoners of war; 1777 were lost at sea. He is remembered at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
Sources: Find A Grave, Ancestry