Career
He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on January 2, 1951. Edwards joined the Army from his birthplace of Indianola, Iowa in January 1945, and served in the final months of World World War II as a cook and a military policeman, until he was discharged in August 1946. He rejoined the Army in June 1947.
He is buried in IOOF Cemetery Indianola, Iowa.
When his platoon, while assisting in the defense of a strategic hill, was forced out of its position and came under vicious raking fire from an enemy machine gun set up on adjacent high ground, When the enemy emplaced another machine gun and resumed fire.