Background
EDDY, Brett Wilfred was born on September 26, 1880 in Vinton, Benton Co., Iowa.
EDDY, Brett Wilfred was born on September 26, 1880 in Vinton, Benton Co., Iowa.
High School, Clinton, Michigan
Private, Co. C, 31 Michigan Volunteer InfSpan.-American War, with service in Cuba, 1898-1899, Co. C, First Michigan Infantry. National. Guard, 1899-1902; Second LieutFirst Louisiana. Infantry. National. Guard. 1904, First Lieutenant, 1906, Captain, 1909, Major. 1913; Mex. Border, 1916; Lieutenant Colonel, 156 Infantry., 39 Division., 1917, 361 Infantry., 91 Division., 1918, 347 Infantry., 1923; Colonel, 345 Infantry., 1929. Appointed Commissioner, Span.-American War Veterans. Fund, about 1926; National. Executive Committeeman from Louisiana. for American Legion in 1920; Delegation to National. Convention, American Legion, 1919 and 1923; V. -President, Louisiana. Res. Officers Association, 1929; Department Quartermaster for Louisiana. Department, United States War Veterans., 1928
spouse Verne Dell Carrier, Mar. 3, 1912, Lake Charles, Louisiana.