Edward was a son of Judge and Mrs. W. M. Bond. After attending the Graded School at Edenton he was sent to Randolph-Macon Academy at Bedford, Virginia, and from there was later sent to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On October 10, 1918, he was mortally wounded in battle near Bois de Foret in the Argonne Forest, and from there was finally removed to the hospital in the city of Limoges, where he died from the wounds on November 10, 1918, and was buried in the American Military Cemetery at Limoges, France.
Edward was a son of Judge and Mrs. W. M. Bond. After attending the Graded School at Edenton he was sent to Randolph-Macon Academy at Bedford, Virginia, and from there was later sent to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On October 10, 1918, he was mortally wounded in battle near Bois de Foret in the Argonne Forest, and from there was finally removed to the hospital in the city of Limoges, where he died from the wounds on November 10, 1918, and was buried in the American Military Cemetery at Limoges, France.
Inscription
EDWARD G. BOND
LIEUT. CO. L. 39TH U.S. INF.
SON OF
JUDGE W. M. BOND AND LAURA C. BOND
BORN EDENTON N.C. MAY 16, 1890.
VOLUNTEERED AND WENT WITH CO. I 2ND N.C. INF.
TO MEXICAN BORDER 1916.
SENT TO FRANCE WITH CO. L. 119TH INF. 30th DIV.
COMMISSIONED LANGRES, FRANCE.
ASSIGNED TO CO. L. 39TH U.S. INF. 4TH DIV.
MORTALLY WOUNDED IN ACTION,
ARGONNE FOREST, OCTOBER 10, 1918.
DIED NOVEMBER 10, 1918.
BURIED LIMOGES, FRANCE
REINTERED HERE 1921
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