- SURNAME
Seagraves
- FORENAME
Edward Leon
- UNIT
613 Field Artillery Bn (Pack) (B Battery)
- RANK
Second Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Burma 1945
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Normandy,Bedford County,Tennessee (1940)
from Coffee County,Tennessee (1946)
born 1.5.1922 Tennessee
son of Dora Franklin and Lockie L. (nee Sams) Seagraves
3 years high school
ship steward in civilian life
promoted First Lieutenant 22.2.1945
re-enlisted 6.9.1946 Fort Oglethorpe,Georgia (Staff Sergeant 20450975 Field Artillery)
served in Korea and Vietnam
retired 12.1.1967 as Lieutenant Colonel,US Army
married Lois Koontz (died 2017 age 87) (2 daughters Becki and Jennifer)
last residence Powell,Tennessee
died 9.4.2000 Powell,Tennessee
Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery,Knoxville,Knox County,Tennessee Section I Site 4117
from Coffee County,Tennessee (1946)
born 1.5.1922 Tennessee
son of Dora Franklin and Lockie L. (nee Sams) Seagraves
3 years high school
ship steward in civilian life
promoted First Lieutenant 22.2.1945
re-enlisted 6.9.1946 Fort Oglethorpe,Georgia (Staff Sergeant 20450975 Field Artillery)
served in Korea and Vietnam
retired 12.1.1967 as Lieutenant Colonel,US Army
married Lois Koontz (died 2017 age 87) (2 daughters Becki and Jennifer)
last residence Powell,Tennessee
died 9.4.2000 Powell,Tennessee
Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery,Knoxville,Knox County,Tennessee Section I Site 4117