Dates

• Existence: 1922 December 18 - 1950 May 9

Biographical Note: Ralph W. Edington

Ralph W. Edington served as a radio operator in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and later worked as an actor.

Ralph William Edington was born on December 18, 1922 in Spokane, Washington to Lawrence Amzi and Alma May Edington. He attended elementary school in New York, New York and high school at Richmond Hill High, also in New York. He then attended college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was a member of Phi Eta Sigma fraternity.

Edington was drafted for military service while in college, serving for about two and a half years circa 1944-1945. He served with the 487th bomb group, 839th bomb squadron working as a radio operator. He acheived the rank of technical sergent. He was awarded an Air Medal and five clusters for his participation in missions over France and Germany.

After the war, he returned to New York City where he worked as an actor and stage manager at the Ethyl Barrymore Theater on Broadway from 1946-1950.

Ralph W. Edington died on May 9, 1950 in Amityville, New York. He is buried in Riverside Memorial Park in Spokane, Washington.

Biographical note derived from donor information and records on Ancestry.com.

Gender

• male

Places

• Spokane (Wash.) (Place of Birth)
• New York (State) (Place of Death)
• Washington (State) (Residence)
• Illinois (Residence)