PFC Charles Frances Edgar

courtesy of Bessie Savery

PFC Charles Frances Edgar was born 1915 in Newark, New Jersey to Charles Butler and Anne Frances (Meeker) Edgar.  His father drove for a laundry.  In 1940, Charles was also driving but for a bakery.

Charles was still working as a driver and was married when he was drafted in May 1942.  After training, Charles was assigned to A Company 116th Infantry and trained with the unit in preparation for the great amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy.  PFC Edgar was killed in action on that day, 6 Jun 1944.

PFC Edgar is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.