Edward Frederick Topping

1929 - 1953  (23 years)

• Name	Edward Frederick Topping
  Birth	5 Sep 1929	Adams, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Aug 1953	Korea
  Person ID	I30735	Scudder
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	Archie Cook Topping,   b. 3 Nov 1895, Wautoma, Waushara, Wisconsin d. 31 May 1962 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Mallery,   b. 1906, Wisconsin d. 1987 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	26 Jun 1926	Wood county, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F10868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Private First Class Topping was a member of the 14th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while a prisoner on August 13, 1953. He was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.