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Private Berry Edwards was born about 1895 in Southwestern Virginia. He worked as a coal miner before enlisting in the US Army in 1918 in response to the US entry into World War I.
He was assigned to the 6th Pioneer Infantry and trained at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe, Ohio. At the end of his service, Private Berry Edwards returned to Southwestern Virginia, moving to Roanoke, Virginia, in December 1918.
He died of pneumonia on May 17, 1934, and rests at the Old Lick Cemetery in Roanoke, Virginia.
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