US AIRBORNE
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
- Edward A. Cannon
Staff Sergeant Edward A Cannon was born in 1915 in Canada and died in the fight on January 8th, 1945 during the battle of the Ardennes.
His father Michael Cannon a foundry foreman, his mother Lorraine V Cannon worked in a factory.
The family account 5 children, Edward to 3 sisters and a brother.
Edward Cannon is mobilized on April 16th, 1941 in Buffalo, New York.
He goes volunteer for the airborne troops. He will be paratrooper within the HQ Company of the 3rd battalion, 507th PIR.
He will become Staff Sergeant within this unity.
He participated in the operation Overlord.
S/Sgt Edward Cannon is buried in the American cemetery of Luxemburg. Plot E, Row 9, Grave 41.