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Mount Edward R.

Monuments

Rock Force Memorial

 

Name:
Edward R. Mount
Rank:
Sergeant
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Unit:
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1945-02-26
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Cemetery:
Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Florida
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Edward R. Mount was born on January 7, 1920. He was the son of Eric Roland Mount and Sallie Belle Jones Mount. SGT Mount served with the 503rd Infantry Regiment since he went overseas in October 1942. He participated in the paratroop attack on Lae, New Guinea, on September 5, 1943 and later was ent to the Philippines. He was Killed in Action on February 26, 1945 at the age of 25, during the battle for the recapture of Corregidor, Philippines against the defending Japanese garrison on the island and is now buried in the Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA.