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Lt. Edwin E. Hollon joined Army Air Force, July 1942. Sailed for England, October, 1943. Took part in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, Southern France and Holland.
Died in France, November 26, 1944 of burns received in plane crash, while hauling supplies from England to France.
Lt. Edwin E. Hollon was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hollon.

Veteran's Record Book, pages 19-20.

Lt. Edwin Earl Hollon was born 5 April 1921 at Klondike, Delta County, Texas.
At the time of his death, Lt. Edwin Earl Hollon was survived by his widow, Ruth (Dunn) Hollon (now deceased). They married 16 May 1943 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Also surviving was his young 5-month-old son, Edwin Earl Hollon, Jr.
Other survivors at the time of his death, included his parents:

Father: Walter Davis Hollon
             born: 8 Aug 1892 in Delta County
             died: 12 Mar 1987 in Dallas County
Mother: Eva Mae (White) Hollon
             born: 24 Feb 1910 in Delta County
             died: 7 Jul 1977 in Dallas County
His brothers are Grover Warren Hollon (now deceased), W. D. Hollon (now deceased), Ronald Lynn Hollon. His sisters are Annie Jo Hollon Taylor; Eugenia Hollon Ratcliff; Mary Leon Hollon Ogden.

Prior to his military service, Edwin Earl Hollon attended the University of Texas with an interest in engineering. He took private flying lessons, as well as official flight training at Randolph Field in San Antonio, TX.

After the war, Lt. Edwin Earl Hollon's remains were repatriated in January of 1949 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (Section R, Site 178), San Antonio, TX.

Sources:
Telephone Interview 28 April 2008 with Edwin Earl Hollon, Jr.
Ancestry.com World Tree Project — Hollon Families (file unnamed & submitter unknown).