Edwards, Horace P.
Army Corporal
Horace P. Edwards from North Carolina, Franklin county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, August 22, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Horace grabbed my Grandfather’s legs and got him out of their spinning B-24 after a mid-air collision. My Grandfather (Kenneth L. Wilcox) was the only survivor because Horace saved his life. He passed away at 98 years old in 2020.