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Warren M. Edenburn

NAME
Warren Malcolm Edenburn
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
324530
UNIT
VMSB-131
Radioman / Gunner
HOME OF RECORD
185 Anna Avenue
Peoria, IL
NEXT OF KIN
Parents, John & Mabel Edenburn
DATE OF BIRTH
April 19, 1924
at Peoria, IL
ENTERED SERVICE
October 27, 1941
at Chicago, IL
DATE OF LOSS
March 14, 1943
REGION
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Espiritu Santo
not confirmed
CASUALTY TYPE
Missing
Declared Dead March 15, 1944
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Corporal Warren M. Edenburn was an aviation radioman and gunner assigned to VMSB-131, a Marine dive-bomber squadron stationed on Espiritu Santo.

On 14 March 1943, Corporal Edenburn was assigned to a ferry flight heading from Santo to Guadalcanal. The aircraft were TBF Avengers flown by members of VMSB-143; each plane carried a pilot and a single crewman. On the way to Henderson Field, a violent storm scattered the ferry formation and downed five of the TBFs. Ten Marines, including Edenburn, vanished into the Pacific.

Warren Edenburn was declared dead on 15 March 1944.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
LAST KNOWN RANK
Corporal
STATUS OF REMAINS
Missing in action
MEMORIALS
Manila American Cemetery

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