Edmund served as a Sergeant, 1st Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Hudson County, New Jersey prior to the war.
Edmund was a passenger on the S.S. Cape San Juan (U.S.A.T).
The Cape San Juan, while transporting servicemen from San Francisco, California to Townsville, Australia, was hit & sunk by a Japanese torpedo fired from IJN Submarine I-21 approximately 300 miles southeast of Fiji. A reported 117 of those on board were declared missing.
Edmund was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37303141
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For a listing of those that perished on the U.S.A.T. Cape San Juan: " Click Here "
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Those on board the Cape San Juan included: 57 Merchant Crewmen, 42 Navy Armed Guards, 3 radio operators, 21 “permanent” army personnel (3 officers and 18 enlisted men), 1 civilian, and 1,340 passengers. A total of 1,464.
The passengers included:
811 Officers & Enlisted men of the 855th Engineers (Aviation) Battalion.
367 Officers & Enlisted men of the 1st Fighter Control Squadron.
162 Officers & Enlisted men of the 253rd Ordnance (Aviation) Company.
( Bio & notes by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Hudson County, New Jersey prior to the war.
Edmund was a passenger on the S.S. Cape San Juan (U.S.A.T).
The Cape San Juan, while transporting servicemen from San Francisco, California to Townsville, Australia, was hit & sunk by a Japanese torpedo fired from IJN Submarine I-21 approximately 300 miles southeast of Fiji. A reported 117 of those on board were declared missing.
Edmund was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37303141
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For a listing of those that perished on the U.S.A.T. Cape San Juan: " Click Here "
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Those on board the Cape San Juan included: 57 Merchant Crewmen, 42 Navy Armed Guards, 3 radio operators, 21 “permanent” army personnel (3 officers and 18 enlisted men), 1 civilian, and 1,340 passengers. A total of 1,464.
The passengers included:
811 Officers & Enlisted men of the 855th Engineers (Aviation) Battalion.
367 Officers & Enlisted men of the 1st Fighter Control Squadron.
162 Officers & Enlisted men of the 253rd Ordnance (Aviation) Company.
( Bio & notes by: Russ Pickett )
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Edmund served as a Sergeant, 1st Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Hudson County, New Jersey prior to the war.
Edmund was a passenger on the S.S. Cape San Juan (U.S.A.T).
The Cape San Juan, while transporting servicemen from San Francisco, California to Townsville, Australia, was hit & sunk by a Japanese torpedo fired from IJN Submarine I-21 approximately 300 miles southeast of Fiji. A reported 117 of those on board were declared missing.
Edmund was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37303141
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For a listing of those that perished on the U.S.A.T. Cape San Juan: " Click Here "
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Those on board the Cape San Juan included: 57 Merchant Crewmen, 42 Navy Armed Guards, 3 radio operators, 21 “permanent” army personnel (3 officers and 18 enlisted men), 1 civilian, and 1,340 passengers. A total of 1,464.
The passengers included:
811 Officers & Enlisted men of the 855th Engineers (Aviation) Battalion.
367 Officers & Enlisted men of the 1st Fighter Control Squadron.
162 Officers & Enlisted men of the 253rd Ordnance (Aviation) Company.
( Bio & notes by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Hudson County, New Jersey prior to the war.
Edmund was a passenger on the S.S. Cape San Juan (U.S.A.T).
The Cape San Juan, while transporting servicemen from San Francisco, California to Townsville, Australia, was hit & sunk by a Japanese torpedo fired from IJN Submarine I-21 approximately 300 miles southeast of Fiji. A reported 117 of those on board were declared missing.
Edmund was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 37303141
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
For a listing of those that perished on the U.S.A.T. Cape San Juan: " Click Here "
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Those on board the Cape San Juan included: 57 Merchant Crewmen, 42 Navy Armed Guards, 3 radio operators, 21 “permanent” army personnel (3 officers and 18 enlisted men), 1 civilian, and 1,340 passengers. A total of 1,464.
The passengers included:
811 Officers & Enlisted men of the 855th Engineers (Aviation) Battalion.
367 Officers & Enlisted men of the 1st Fighter Control Squadron.
162 Officers & Enlisted men of the 253rd Ordnance (Aviation) Company.
( Bio & notes by: Russ Pickett )
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