7th Infantry Regiment, I CO, 3rd Infantry Division, Army
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: April 25, 1951
Service Number: O-2262604
LOS ANGELES, CA
Location of Loss: UIJONGBU - TONGDUCHON MSR
Year of Birth: 1919
Comments: Second Lieutenant Colton was a member of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on April 25, 1951.
From Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1952
Requiem Mass for 2nd Lt. Edward Alexander Colton Sr., 32, who was killed in Korea April 25, 1951, will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today, at St. Ignatius Church, Ave 61 and Monte Vista St., with Utter-McKinley Cresse's Highland Park Mortuary in charge. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
He was a veteran of World War II and had been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. For action in the Korean combat zone he received the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
His home was at 6239 Oak Crest Way. He leaves his widow Myrtle; two sons, Edward A.Jr., 9, and Larry Joseph, 1 1/2; and his mother Mrs. Irene Younger.
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: April 25, 1951
Service Number: O-2262604
LOS ANGELES, CA
Location of Loss: UIJONGBU - TONGDUCHON MSR
Year of Birth: 1919
Comments: Second Lieutenant Colton was a member of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on April 25, 1951.
From Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1952
Requiem Mass for 2nd Lt. Edward Alexander Colton Sr., 32, who was killed in Korea April 25, 1951, will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today, at St. Ignatius Church, Ave 61 and Monte Vista St., with Utter-McKinley Cresse's Highland Park Mortuary in charge. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
He was a veteran of World War II and had been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. For action in the Korean combat zone he received the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
His home was at 6239 Oak Crest Way. He leaves his widow Myrtle; two sons, Edward A.Jr., 9, and Larry Joseph, 1 1/2; and his mother Mrs. Irene Younger.
7th Infantry Regiment, I CO, 3rd Infantry Division, Army
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: April 25, 1951
Service Number: O-2262604
LOS ANGELES, CA
Location of Loss: UIJONGBU - TONGDUCHON MSR
Year of Birth: 1919
Comments: Second Lieutenant Colton was a member of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on April 25, 1951.
From Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1952
Requiem Mass for 2nd Lt. Edward Alexander Colton Sr., 32, who was killed in Korea April 25, 1951, will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today, at St. Ignatius Church, Ave 61 and Monte Vista St., with Utter-McKinley Cresse's Highland Park Mortuary in charge. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
He was a veteran of World War II and had been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. For action in the Korean combat zone he received the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
His home was at 6239 Oak Crest Way. He leaves his widow Myrtle; two sons, Edward A.Jr., 9, and Larry Joseph, 1 1/2; and his mother Mrs. Irene Younger.
Hostile, Died (KIA)
Date Of Loss: April 25, 1951
Service Number: O-2262604
LOS ANGELES, CA
Location of Loss: UIJONGBU - TONGDUCHON MSR
Year of Birth: 1919
Comments: Second Lieutenant Colton was a member of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on April 25, 1951.
From Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1952
Requiem Mass for 2nd Lt. Edward Alexander Colton Sr., 32, who was killed in Korea April 25, 1951, will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today, at St. Ignatius Church, Ave 61 and Monte Vista St., with Utter-McKinley Cresse's Highland Park Mortuary in charge. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
He was a veteran of World War II and had been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. For action in the Korean combat zone he received the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
His home was at 6239 Oak Crest Way. He leaves his widow Myrtle; two sons, Edward A.Jr., 9, and Larry Joseph, 1 1/2; and his mother Mrs. Irene Younger.
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