View source for EDMUND W. EGBERT, ENS, USN

{{KeyDates|name_class=Edmund Egbert '23|DoB=August 9, 1901|DoD=September 25, 1925|Age=24}}

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|LBName=Edmund Webster Egbert
|LBHometown=Staten Island, New York
|LBNickname="Ed" "Rosey" "Eggy" "Baldy"
|LBText=ROSY'S career here commenced about the second month of Youngster year when he went out for a black N star and won a shirt full. However, missing the Army game may have it's advantages, especially when one gets Thanksgiving, Christmas and leave after the semi-anns. Not officially!
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His sea service was blighted by a beautiful young crab, who brought him candy and cakes, and Wibby remained faithful ever since, developing into a snake of the highest order, yea verily, even of the variety that crawls out on Wednesdays.
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Look him over, girls. His rosy cheeks, his dark, sleek hair, which by the way is getting thin in spots, and his line. It will make an English prof swear off and a circus barker turn up his toes.
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New Yorkers, even those from Staten Island, can be hicks, so don't say much about the Army game of 1921 to him. Revenge came with Christmas leave, restoring him to good standing along the roaring forties.
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"Hear the latest dope? I just heard it out in town"—We know where.
|LBECAs=''Crew Squad (4); Masqueraders (4); Black N*****.''}}

== Loss ==
Edmund was [https://www.oneternalpatrol.com/egbert-e-w.htm lost] on September 25, 1925 when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_S-51_(SS-162) USS S-51 (SS 162)] was sunk immediately following a collision with the merchant ship SS City of Rome while operating on the surface south of Newport, Rhode Island.

He was one of 36 officers and men aboard the submarine; only three survived.

== Other Information ==
From researcher Kathy Franz:
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Edmund graduated from Public School No. 23, Port Richmond, and the Curtis High School at St. George.

Edmund fell in love while at the Naval Academy with a local high school girl, Tempa B. Russell. They were married soon after his graduation, and had a son Edmund born June 14, 1925. Tempa remarried in the late 1920s to James Ridout, and she died in 1952. Their son became a Corporal in the USMC serving in WWII and Korea. He was wounded in WWII and received the Purple Heart; he died in 2001. 

Edmund was also survived by his father George, a bank clerk, his mother Arberta Merril, and his brother Thurston. 

In July 1926 the submarine in which Edmund died was brought up, and the bodies removed. Edmund’s watch was found in his clothing; it had stopped at 11:30. Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, of North Pole fame, placed a wreath against the sub’s flagstaff just beneath the colors. Per the Standard Union, Brooklyn, July 10, 1926:  “A few minutes later the sunset gun sounded, taps were blown and the flag hauled down.”
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Someone representing his estate had a lawsuit against the US Government; the Supreme Court [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39578673/ declined to hear it] in early 1929.

Edmund [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75062832/edmund-webster-egbert is buried in] the US Naval Academy Cemetery. 

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[[Category:1923|Egbert]]
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[[Category:Naval Academy Cemetery|Egbert]]