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Vivian E Edwards
1916 - 1974 (58 years)
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Name Vivian E Edwards Born 2 Apr 1916 Manderfield, Beaver, Utah, United States 
Vivian Edwards birth certificate Gender Male Military Service 27 Sep 1939 Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States Enlistment into the National Guard of the United States - Time served in Continental Service - 4 years 6 months and 10 days. Highest grade Tec 5. Served as a Truck Driver Light 345.
Vivian E. Edwards Military Album (32) Military Service 3 Mar 1941 Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States Date of Entry into Active Service from the National Guard - Time served in Foreign Service 1 year, 5 months and 25 days.
Military Service 8 Apr 1944 France - EAME Theater - Battles and Campaigns: Normandy Northern France GO 33 WD 45, Rhineland Central Europe GO 40 WD 45
Military Service 22 Sep 1945 United States Return to the United States after WWII Military Service 30 Sep 1945 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Honorable Discharge from the National Guard of the United States 
Vivian E. Edwards discharge papers from the National Guard Military Service 30 Sep 1945 Fort Douglas, Utah Honorable Discharge from the United States Army 
Discharge Papers for Vivian E. Edwards from the United States Army Died 2 Jun 1974 Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States 
Death Certificate for Vivian E. Edwards
2 Jun 1974Buried 5 Jun 1974 Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States Person ID I2 Edwards-Fordham Last Modified 17 Jun 2014
Father Philip Edgar Edwards, b. 4 Sep 1890, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States , d. 27 Oct 1957, Milford, Beaver, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) Mother Kathleen Twitchell, b. 4 Oct 1893, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States , d. 21 Jun 1921, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States (Age 27 years) Married 29 Nov 1911 Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States - Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937
Name: Phillip Edgar Edwards
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Nov 1911
Event Place: Beaver, Utah, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
Spouse's Name: Cathleen Twitchell
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1893
GS Film number: 0485224, Digital Folder Number: 004580172, Image Number: 00238
Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bessie Marie Fordham, b. 25 Feb 1923, Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States , d. 15 Jul 2011, Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States (Age 88 years) Married 13 Sep 1941 Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, United States Children + 1. Ricke Von Edwards, b. 28 Oct 1943, Camp Forrest, Coffee, Tennessee, United States , d. 12 Nov 1985, Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States (Age 42 years)+ 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living Last Modified 6 Jun 2014 Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 2 Apr 1916 - Manderfield, Beaver, Utah, United States 
Military Service - Enlistment into the National Guard of the United States - 27 Sep 1939 - Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States Military Service - Date of Entry into Active Service from the National Guard - 3 Mar 1941 - Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States 
Married - 13 Sep 1941 - Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, United States 
Military Service - 8 Apr 1944 - France - EAME Theater 
Military Service - Return to the United States after WWII - 22 Sep 1945 - United States 
Military Service - Honorable Discharge from the National Guard of the United States - 30 Sep 1945 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States 
Military Service - Honorable Discharge from the United States Army - 30 Sep 1945 - Fort Douglas, Utah Died - 2 Jun 1974 - Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States 
Buried - 5 Jun 1974 - Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Bessie and Vivian Edwards - 1941 
Vivian E. Edwards with his mother Julia Gressman Edwards 
Bessie and Vivian Edwards - the day of their marriage on September 13, 1941. 
Bessie and Vivian Edwards on the day after their marriage - Delmar, Nevada - 14 September 1941 Bessie and Vivian Edwards - September 1941
Vivian is leaving on a train to return to San Luis Obisbo, California for military training just a few days after he and Bessie were married.
Vivian and Bessie Edwards with Collis Bradshaw - September 1941
Vivian and Collis are about to leave from the train station for California a few days after Vivian and Bessie were married.
Bessie and Vivian Edwards during on of their visits while he was away for military training - 1941 or 1942 
Bessie and Vivian Edwards - Olympia Washington - 1942 
Vivian and Bessie Edwards while stationed at Yakima, Washington - 1942 
Bessie and Vivian Edwards - 1942 
Vivian E Edwards in World War II where he served as a truck driver. 
WWII - Vivian Edwards 
Vivian E. Edwards - October 27, 1944 in France during World War II
Today I have reflected about my father and his service to our great country. He was a WWII Vet who survived the US Army landing on Utah Beach in Normandy, France, as well as other horrors of his four and a half years of service. He was married to my mother in 1941, My older brother Rick was born in 1943 before my father left for Europe. I remember my father telling me he promised himself if he ever returned home to my mother, he would never leave her again. My father loved my mother so deeply and life was good just to be with her.
My father was proud of his country, his military service, and those he served with.
I am thankful to all our great men and women who have served, died and kept our great country free. God bless all of them. May those serving today be protected and know they are thought highly for what they do by so many.
The photo below was taken in 1941 in Washington State. The second was taken somewhere in France on 27 October 1944. The second photo shows the sadness and stress of war on my father's face.
Love and miss you DAD!!! Thanks for your service.
Your loving daughter
Vivian E. Edwards
1941 in Washington State
Ricke, Bessie and Vivian Edwards in Greenville, Utah shortly after Vivian returned home from World War II 
The first home Vivian and Bessie Edwards purchased.
"This is our home while I was in Manderfield, Utah. The home of Moses and Harriet Edwards, Vivian's grandparents. We bought it when Vivian came home from the World War II. We remodeled and built on to it."
Veterans Memorial in Beaver, Utah
Documents 
Marriage Certificate for Vivian E. Edwards and Bessie Marie Fordham
13 September 1941
The Sealing Certificate for Vivian E. Edwards and Bessie Marie Fordham, 3 February 1951, St. George, Utah Vivian E. Edwards discharge papers from the National Guard Discharge Papers for Vivian E. Edwards from the United States Army Death Certificate for Vivian E. Edwards
2 Jun 1974
Obituary for Vivian E. Edwards 
Funeral program for Vivian E. Edwards 
Vivian E. Edwards
Vivian was born April 2, 1916
Deceased June 2, 1974, suffering from colon cancer
Vivian served with the HQ Btry 204th FA Bn in World War II
He suffered four years going through surgery, radiation and chemotherapy
Vivian was self employed in farming and grade "A" dairying
He was married to Bessie Fordham Edwards. They were the parents to four children, Ricke (deceased - brain tumors), Annette Shepherd, Brent and Mary Anne Taylor
History of the 222nd Field Artillery, Beaver, Utah 
1920 US Census, Beaver, Utah
Edwards, Edgar-Head-M-W-29-M-Utah
Edwards, Kathleen-Wife-F-W-26-M-Utah
Edwards, Cecil-Son-M-W-7-S-Utah
Edwards, Vivian-Daughter-F-W-3 9/12-S-Utah
The Fire Mission Journal from WWII in France, Germany, England
Contains details of missions during WWII from the 11th of August, 1944 through the 28th of April 1945.
"This was again a day of movement but odd in the fact that we, the medium artillery, were as is often our lot, spearheading the attack. We started at the rear, approach the center, low and behold, even the calvary and infantry eat our dust--dusk finds us at Brenberg, Germany--just short of the Beautiful Blue Danube. Incidentally, in occupying present positions we policed a total of 217 enemy prisoners." 25 April 1945
From the Fire Mission Journal of Vivian E. Edwards, the Stars and Stripes Newspaper dated 15 August 1945 with the Headline, "War Ends"
"Truman Announces Total Surrender" and many other articles of interest are included.
Recordings 
History of the courtship and marriage of Vivian Edwards and Bessie Fordham Recording of Vivian Edwards and baby Ryan
November 24th, 1973Vivian Edwards History, part 1
November 24th, 1973Vivian Edwards History, part 2
November 24th, 1973
Albums 
Vivian Edwards' Letters (289)
A collection of letters and papers from Vivian Edwards during World War II
The Edwards Home (177)
Final pictures taken after Bessie's funeral