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Capt Warner Ryerson Edsall

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Capt Warner Ryerson Edsall

Birth
Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
26 Mar 1953 (aged 48)
Sasebo, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki, Japan
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 9, Site 6067
Memorial ID
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Warner is the son of Robert Linn Edsall & Katherine Lawrence.
He married Margaret Norma Harriman on 28 June 1930 at Washington, DC.

U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1927, Captain Edsall was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War he was the commanding officer of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63). On March 26, 1953, while directing his ship in the port of Sasebo, Japan, he was stricken with a heart attack and died shortly thereafter.
In addition of his World War II awards, Captain Edsall was awarded, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. (Korean War Casualty Listings)
Warner is the son of Robert Linn Edsall & Katherine Lawrence.
He married Margaret Norma Harriman on 28 June 1930 at Washington, DC.

U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1927, Captain Edsall was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War he was the commanding officer of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63). On March 26, 1953, while directing his ship in the port of Sasebo, Japan, he was stricken with a heart attack and died shortly thereafter.
In addition of his World War II awards, Captain Edsall was awarded, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. (Korean War Casualty Listings)


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