Edward Whitman Carr was born Feb. 19, 1924 to James Edward and Maude Marie Whitman Carr. He died Sept. 6, 1945 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. He was initially buried in Japan and returned to the U.S. in 1948.
Pvt. Carr served in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps, participating in combat operations at Olongapo Naval Station, Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor. He was captured and taken in Japanese captivity on Corregidor and died at Fukuoka POW Camp #17.
Source: ancestry.com
