Press Release | May 20, 2024

Marine Accounted for from WWII (Edwards, R.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Marine Corps Private Randolph R. Edwards, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 17, 2024.

In September 1942, Edwards was a member of Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On Sept. 24, he was killed during a firefight with Japanese forces. His body could not be recovered at the time because of the fighting. A burial party was dispatched to the area of “Hill X” and “Hill Y” on Sept. 25 where they quickly buried the Marines who died during the fighting on Sept. 24, including Edwards, in Grave 1.