EDMUNDSON, Noel Wright

EDMUNDSON, Noel Wright[1]

Male 1922 - 1996  (73 years)

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  • Name EDMUNDSON, Noel Wright 
    Birth 27 Oct 1922  Hardeman County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 2 Apr 1930  Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Attended School 
    Residence 3 Apr 1940  Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farming 
    • Listed as Noel Edmundson
    Military 1942/3  Navarro County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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.

    Death 1 Feb 1996  Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Chillicothe Cemetery 
    • T SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
    Person ID I4745  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2013 

    Father EDMUNDSON, William Ernest,   b. 2 Jun 1882, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1950, Navarro County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother LANGHAM, Nerie Agnes,   b. 19 Jun 1884, Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1958, Navarro County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1905  Navarro County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Residence 18 Apr 1910  Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    • Name misspelled "Edmundson"
    Residence 19 Feb 1920  Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    • Name listed as " W Earnest Edmondson". Her first name spelled "Nerie."
    Residence 2 Apr 1930  Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    • Listed as William E. and Nerie Edmundson
    Residence 3 Apr 1940  Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Listed as W.E. and Nerie Edmundson
    Family ID F1160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S114] Miscellaneous, Email from Lisa Edmundson Hacker dated 2/16/2008.

    2. [S80] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro, Texas, ED 175-20, Page 1B, Dwelling 18.

    4. [S427] 1940 Federal Census, Rice, Navarro, Texas, ED 175-23, Page 2B, Dwelling 28, 1940 United States Census.

    5. [S310] Navarro County Texas website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/war/world_war_ii/stories_page_4.htm.

    6. [S74] Ancestry.com, Justice Precinct #2, Navarro, TX ED 87 Page 3A Dwelling 46.

    7. [S102] Cer, Edmonson Family Tree.

    8. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 2, Navarro County, TX ED 151 Page 21B Dwelling 415.