Obit of Edson, Melvin Harry - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Oct 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Edson, Kelly Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6530 Sgt. Melvin Harry Edson, brother of Calvin Edson of Durham, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, was killed in Germany February 20,1945 according to information received from the War Department. Young Edson was residing at Durham at time he entered the service in August 1942. He received military training at Camp Forest, Tennessee, in Arizona, Camp Phillips, Kanasas, and at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Edson was 22 years, 4 months and 26 days of age at the time of his death. He leaves his mother, Alice Edson of Amos, Oklahoma, his brother, Calvin Edson of Durham, Oklahoma and one sister, Thelma Kelly of Richmond, California, and other relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Mar-1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html