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Leonard Eugene "Gene" EDGELL

Leonard Eugene "Gene" EDGELL

Male 1922 - 1989  (67 years)

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  • Name Leonard Eugene "Gene" EDGELL 
    Born 22 Mar 1922  Lamberts Run, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Pike Fork (McClellan District, Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 9 Sep 1942 to 18 Oct 1945  [4, 5, 6] 
    S/Sgt, US Army Air Corps, WW II, Europe (POW in Germany) 
    • Assigned to the 782nd Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, US Army Air Corps, his plane was shot down over Austria. He was subsequently taken prisoner by German troops. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
    Occupation well tender for Columbia Gas Co.  [7] 
    Residence Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 12 Sep 1989  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 7] 
    Buried K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I30959  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2019 

    Father Charles Edgar EDGELL,   b. 29 Jan 1900, Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1939, Pike Fork (McClellan District, Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Jessie Leona JETT,   b. 19 Jun 1898, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1980  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F37703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy Demetra "Dot" MEADORS,   b. 21 May 1920, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1998  (Age 78 years)  [10, 11] 
    Children 
    +1. David R. EDGELL,   b. 22 Dec 1947, Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 2010, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +2. Living
    +3. Living
     4. Living
    +5. Living
     6. Living
     7. Living
    Family ID F11965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S2596] World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives).

    7. [S1616] Immediate family.

    8. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    10. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    11. [S1797] Newspaper engagement announcement of granddaughter.