Edgington Stephen Leroy

Monuments

398th Bomber Group Memorial Stained Glass Window

Name:

Stephen Leroy Edgington

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

37668293

Unit:

603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1944-08-04

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Memorial Park Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Stephen Leroy “Roy” Edgington was born on January 25, 1924, in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. He was married to Marie Esther Frye Edgington Fridley. He served in the 603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Radio Operator of B-17 #42-107186 during World War II.

On August 4, 1944, during a mission targeting Peenemünde, Germany, the aircraft was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire (flak) and crashed near Fresendorf Beach, close to Greifswald, Germany. All nine crew members aboard were killed in action.

Sgt Edgington is now buried in the in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA. Stephen L. Edgington's name is inscribed on the Anstey Window Memorial in Panel 3 (right), on Butterfly 25.

Source of information: www.americanairmuseum.com, www.398th.org