MTSU Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center

Roll of Honor

Seward, Edward S.

Branch of Service: USAAF
Era: WWII
Location of Burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Town of Burial: Murfreesboro, TN

Sergeant Edward S. Seward served as a medic in the South Pacific. He was served on Guadalcanal and Borneo, where he was recognized for performing his duties under enemy fire. Waiting for transport home at the end of the war on the Philippine Island of Leyte, he volunteered to work in the field hospital alongside the airstrip. An incoming plane crashed into the facility and killed Seward (15 OCT 1945).

Below is a Sideline piece that Sophomore Seward wrote while a student, in which he is asking for Americans to give more to the war effort since “with defeat, all would be lost– freedom to organize, freedom to speak and write freely– yes, even life itself.”