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Edwin James DOBSON
"Jimmy"
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Source : Arnaud Gaté (Ellen Marchese)
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 5570141 | ||||||
| AGE | 18 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10 August 1926 Pierce County, GEORGIA | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | FLORIDA | ||||||
| FAMILY | Parents : Edna Josephine Lide | ||||||
| RANK | Seaman First Class | ||||||
| FONCTION | Marin | ||||||
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| BOAT | USS LST 531 | ||||||
| ARMY | US Navy | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 29 April 1945 |
Source : Frogman | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Slapton Sands, Devon RU | ||||||
| DATA PLAN | Died during Operation Tiger | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Edwin J. Dobson entered the military service in Florida. He served in the United States Navy as a Seaman 1st Class during World War II. He was aboard the USS LST 531 and was killed during the Exercise Tiger--one of the large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This took place in April 1944 in Slapton Sands, Devon in the UK. |
Source : PELLOUAIS Jean-François | ||||||
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Uss LST 531 Source : Navsource.org | |||||||
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Source : Laura Graves |
An Allied naval convoy involved in the exercise was attacked by German submarines, and coordination and communication problems resulted in friendly fire deaths. At least 749 American servicemen were killed. Because of the impending invasion of Normandy, the incident was highly classified and the full story did not come out until years later after the war. Seaman First Class Dobson was declared "Missing in Action" on April 29, 1945 and his name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. | ||||||
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Source : Laura Graves | |||||||
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Source : Fold 3
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Source : Fold 3
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Uswarmemorials.org - Exercisetiger.org.uk - Exercisetigermemorial.co.uk |
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| PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |