Name:
Stuart Emmet Edgar
Rank:
First Lieutenant
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Unit:
103rd Aero Squadron
Date of Death:
1918-08-17
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Marnes la Coqu
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Born in Nutley, New Jersey, Edgar attended the Newark Academy and the Riverview Military Academy at Peekskill, N.Y., where he was a member of the football and baseball teams. He later went to Cornell and in October 1916, Edgar joined the Norton-Harjes ambulance unit and went to France as an ambulance driver. Later he went into the French aviation service, receiving his training a the Avord Flying School and later at Pau. When America entered the war he was transferred to the United States air service. Lt. Stuart Emmet Edgar served in the the Lafayette Escadrille. The young flyer was killed in a starting accident as he was starting out for patrol duty on Aug. 17, 1918.