Name |
EDMUNDSON, Noel Wright |
Birth |
27 Oct 1922 |
Hardeman County, Texas, United States [2] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
2 Apr 1930 |
Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States [3] |
Attended School |
Residence |
3 Apr 1940 |
Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States [4] |
Farming |
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Military |
1942/3 |
Navarro County, Texas, United States [5] |
- T-SGT EDMUNDSON, FORTRESS GUNNER, GETS DECORATION - An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England -- Technical Sergeant Noel W. Edmundson, 21-year old engineer and top turret gunner on an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for "extraordinary achievement" while on heavy bombing attacks of German military and industrial targets and in support of Allied ground forces.
The flyer also holds the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Edmundson of Route 1, Rice, Texas. A graduate of Rice High School, he was a machinist for American Manufacturing Company of Fort Worth. He enlisted in June, 1942. After extensive training in gunnery at Las Vegas, Nev., he was granted his silver wings.
Sgt. EDMUNDSON is a member of the group cited by the president for its historic bombing of the Muhlembau aircraft assembly plant at Brunswick, Germany. This group also participated in the Third Bombardment Division England-Africa shuttle bombing of Messerschmitt aircraft assembly plants at Regensburg, Germany, in August, 1943, for which the entire division was awarded the presidential citation.
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Death |
1 Feb 1996 |
Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas, United States [2] |
Burial |
Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas, United States |
Address: Chillicothe Cemetery |
- T SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
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Person ID |
I4745 |
Pickel_Bartlett |
Last Modified |
8 Jan 2013 |
Father |
EDMUNDSON, William Ernest, b. 2 Jun 1882, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 15 Dec 1950, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 68 years) |
Mother |
LANGHAM, Nerie Agnes, b. 19 Jun 1884, Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States d. 25 Jan 1958, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
15 Jan 1905 |
Navarro County, Texas, United States [6, 7] |
Residence |
18 Apr 1910 |
Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States [6] |
Farmer |
- Name misspelled "Edmundson"
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Residence |
19 Feb 1920 |
Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States [8] |
Farmer |
- Name listed as " W Earnest Edmondson". Her first name spelled "Nerie."
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Residence |
2 Apr 1930 |
Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States [3] |
Farmer |
- Listed as William E. and Nerie Edmundson
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Residence |
3 Apr 1940 |
Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States [4] |
- Listed as W.E. and Nerie Edmundson
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Family ID |
F1160 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |