WWII

Edwin Odell Waldron

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
November 4 1915

Date of Death
February 14 2002

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
January 9 1942 - October 25 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific Theater of Operations, April 11, 1944 - October 2, 1945
Guadalcanal; Northern Solomons

Significant Duty Stations

Basic Training; Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia.
Company F, 147th Infantry

Decorations & Citations

Combat Infantryman Badge; Expert (rifle); Expert (BAR); Expert (carbine)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
Good Conduct Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

US Army service number 34-195-810. Born; Spence District, Grady County. Attended Pine Forest, Spence and Woodland Schools. Burial; Pine Forest Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.