Edward J, Bayon

  • BIrth

    Edward was born in Holyoke,MA,the son of Fred J. and Margaret Hogan Bayon on November 6, 1909. He graduated from Holyoke High School in 1927 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1931. In 1991, he received the Herbert F.
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    Edwar J. Bayon

  • War

    Three canal barges loaded with 952 American soldiers killed in battle on a voyage from toul,France to Antwerp, Belgium on their way to the U.S.A.
  • Married

    In 1919,having married a french girl named Ruth F. Thompson, Ewdard was mustared out of the army in Frnce and obtained a job with the American Graves Registration service which was just being made at the time.
  • Speech

    French being injured in the war and its terrible results but here the whole town had turned out to meet us with flags and flowers.
    The governor made a speech after which i was pushed up on a box to think the people for their kind reception for the dead.
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    Edward J. Bayon