Edward Lincoln Kellar was the son of Robert Lincoln Kellar and Joseph Ann McNelly.
He died in France, November 15, 1944.
The Knoxville Journal, 25 July 1950
Pvt. Edward L. Kellar was killed at Mancourt Woods, France, October, 1944. He was born in Maryville, August 22, 1925, was a member of First Baptist Church, Richmond, Ind., and joined the Army Dec. 10, 1943, and served two months in France under General Patton’s Third Army. He was reported missing in action in October, 1944, later declared dead. His body is being returned to McCammon-Ammons Funeral Home, Maryville. Survivors; father, Robert L. Kellar, Knoxville; four sisters, Mrs. Billie Martin, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Catherine Tipton, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Mrs. Robert C. Teffeteller, Maryville; Miss Ina Pearl Kellar, Fort Wayne; four brothers, Robert, Los Angeles, Calif.; Joe and Jimmy, Richmond, Ind.; Roy Kellar, Maryville.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 22 August 1925
- Date of death: 15 November 1944
- County: Blount
- Hometown: Maryville
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 104th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Logans Chapel Cemetery, Maryville, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VI, Middle Panel
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