William E. Edmonds

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 11/27/1944

William Eugene Edmonds was born in Kentucky on November 13, 1921.
When he registererd for the draft in August 1940 he gave his place of birth as "Shamrock", Kentucky.

He enlisted in the Regular Army on September 26, 1940 at East St Louis, Illinois. His home of residence was listed
as Perry County, Illinois and his civilian occupation was listed as Unskilled Sawmill Occupations.
He had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents.

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry is unknown but he was serving as a
Private with Company B 22nd Infantry at least by October 1941 as he is in a Company
photo taken at Fort Benning, Georgia during that time frame.

Private William E. Edmonds

From a Company photograph of Company B 22nd Infantry circa June-October 1941

Courtesy of John and Gladys King

He was promoted to Sergeant in Headquarters 22nd Infantry Motorized Special Orders Number 85
date April 10, 1942. *

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal in Headquarters 22nd Infantry Motorized General Orders No. 5,
dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

He was wounded in action on June 20, 1944.

He was reduced to the rank of Private on August 25, 1944.

He was promoted to Private First Class on October 3, 1944.

He was a non-battle casualty in Belgium on October 9, 1944 and returned to duty
on October 15, 1944.

Private First Class Edmonds was killed in action in Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
on November 27, 1944.

Above: The entry for William E. Edmonds in the casualty lists of the 22nd Infantry for the month of November 1944.

Courtesy of John Tomawski

Decorations of William E. Edmonds

Top photo of William E. Edmonds as a Corporal at Camp Gordon, Georgia 1942 is from the webmaster's collection

* Courtesy of C. W. Smith

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