Private First Class Edward Aken 6295222, KIA MIA

Private First Class Edward Aken 6295222, KIA MIA. son of Mr. Delmar D. Aken of Atlanta. Attended Atlanta High. Entered Army in 1939. Trained at Corrigidor. Served in Philippines and Alaska. Awarded Good conduct medal, Purple Heart and PTO Ribbon, World War Two Victory Medal. Killed in action in Aleutians in August 27, 1943, around the age of 27. 

 

 

Sources:

1- Men and women in the Armed Forces from Cass County Texas

2- 1930 United States Federal Census

3- http://genealogytrails.com/tex/pineywoods/cass/ww2honor.html