Edsell was the second child of Virgil Ona Poe and his wife Ottie Lena Campbell.
Edsell graduated from Grafton High School in 1941 and was an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Grafton. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private on December 15, 1942.
Edsell married Lenora A. Ridenour, a daughter of Burr Edwin Ridenour and his wife Stella Wilminia Ramus. They were married by Conrad W. McDonald in Taylor County on December 2nd, 1943.
Edsell was assigned to the 301st BG 32nd Squadron as a radio/gunner. His plane was shot down over Austria on April 2, 1944.
His daughter, Edsell Jean Poe, was born on September 2, 1944.
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15TH Air Force Douglas
B-17 Flying Fortress
#42-3144 MACR 4197
10 crew-members KIA:
1Lt. Calvin C. Miller, Co-Pilot
2Lt. Paul F Belot, Jr, Bombardier
2Lt. Raymond J Reese, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Flt.Off. Joshua Adame, Navigator
SSgt. John D Dora, Radio Operator
SSgt. Edsell N Poe, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Everett M Nicholson, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Paul Pochmursky, Tail Gunner
Sgt. Robert E Tiefenbrun
Sgt. William C Taylor
Edsell graduated from Grafton High School in 1941 and was an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Grafton. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private on December 15, 1942.
Edsell married Lenora A. Ridenour, a daughter of Burr Edwin Ridenour and his wife Stella Wilminia Ramus. They were married by Conrad W. McDonald in Taylor County on December 2nd, 1943.
Edsell was assigned to the 301st BG 32nd Squadron as a radio/gunner. His plane was shot down over Austria on April 2, 1944.
His daughter, Edsell Jean Poe, was born on September 2, 1944.
~
15TH Air Force Douglas
B-17 Flying Fortress
#42-3144 MACR 4197
10 crew-members KIA:
1Lt. Calvin C. Miller, Co-Pilot
2Lt. Paul F Belot, Jr, Bombardier
2Lt. Raymond J Reese, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Flt.Off. Joshua Adame, Navigator
SSgt. John D Dora, Radio Operator
SSgt. Edsell N Poe, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Everett M Nicholson, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Paul Pochmursky, Tail Gunner
Sgt. Robert E Tiefenbrun
Sgt. William C Taylor
Edsell was the second child of Virgil Ona Poe and his wife Ottie Lena Campbell.
Edsell graduated from Grafton High School in 1941 and was an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Grafton. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private on December 15, 1942.
Edsell married Lenora A. Ridenour, a daughter of Burr Edwin Ridenour and his wife Stella Wilminia Ramus. They were married by Conrad W. McDonald in Taylor County on December 2nd, 1943.
Edsell was assigned to the 301st BG 32nd Squadron as a radio/gunner. His plane was shot down over Austria on April 2, 1944.
His daughter, Edsell Jean Poe, was born on September 2, 1944.
~
15TH Air Force Douglas
B-17 Flying Fortress
#42-3144 MACR 4197
10 crew-members KIA:
1Lt. Calvin C. Miller, Co-Pilot
2Lt. Paul F Belot, Jr, Bombardier
2Lt. Raymond J Reese, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Flt.Off. Joshua Adame, Navigator
SSgt. John D Dora, Radio Operator
SSgt. Edsell N Poe, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Everett M Nicholson, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Paul Pochmursky, Tail Gunner
Sgt. Robert E Tiefenbrun
Sgt. William C Taylor
Edsell graduated from Grafton High School in 1941 and was an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Grafton. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private on December 15, 1942.
Edsell married Lenora A. Ridenour, a daughter of Burr Edwin Ridenour and his wife Stella Wilminia Ramus. They were married by Conrad W. McDonald in Taylor County on December 2nd, 1943.
Edsell was assigned to the 301st BG 32nd Squadron as a radio/gunner. His plane was shot down over Austria on April 2, 1944.
His daughter, Edsell Jean Poe, was born on September 2, 1944.
~
15TH Air Force Douglas
B-17 Flying Fortress
#42-3144 MACR 4197
10 crew-members KIA:
1Lt. Calvin C. Miller, Co-Pilot
2Lt. Paul F Belot, Jr, Bombardier
2Lt. Raymond J Reese, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Flt.Off. Joshua Adame, Navigator
SSgt. John D Dora, Radio Operator
SSgt. Edsell N Poe, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Everett M Nicholson, Waist Gunner
Sgt. Paul Pochmursky, Tail Gunner
Sgt. Robert E Tiefenbrun
Sgt. William C Taylor
Inscription
Edsell N / Poe / West Virginia / Staff SGT / 301 AAF Bomb Group / World War II / March 26 1923 / April 2, 1944
Gravesite Details
Edsell's body was returned from overseas and he was buried on July 21, 1949.
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