Edgar Arthur Wade was born on 19 December 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wade.  He had three sisters (Mrs. V.S. Morrison, Mrs. N.C. Dunn, and Mrs. E.L. Reeves) and a brother Stanley W. Wade, Jr.  He graduated from West High School in 1940, and he married Winnifred Woolsey on 17 May 1942.  After he entered the service, Edgar spent 14 months in the Aleutians.  He was then transferred to Europe and assigned to 320th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Infantry Division.  He was Killed in Action in Belgium on 14 January 1945.

Information from the Salt Lake City Tribune, courtesy of Erwin Derhaag