Timeline
Birth- Jul 19, 1925
Platte City Missouri
1939 - 1945World War II
Conflict Period
World War II
Gold Star
Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman, Third Class, U.S. Navy
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Service Number
8670978
Served For
United States of America
Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "gunner" - manned 50 caliber turret ball gun
Stationed- 1944
Alameda, Fallon, Kahului Hawaii
"Reformed" Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Enlistment- Jul 19, 1943
Registration in Platte City Missouri
Casualty- Apr 23, 1945
Training accident
18 miles East of NAS Kahului (about 4 miles off shore)
Award
Purple Heart
Death- Apr 23, 1943-Age: 18 years
Death
23-Apr-43
Burial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Other Facts
Full Name
William R Edlin
Mother
Flossie Lee Edlin (Snow)
Sibling
Walter, Aaron, Charles, Shirley
Also Known As
Bill
Father
Joseph William Edlin
Full Name
William Roy Edlin
State Of Residence
Missouri
