• Born: 2 Sep 1919, , , Texas, USA
• Marriage (1): BARNETT, Nellie [22288857] on 5 Sep 1942
• Died: 20 Jan 2002, Smith County, Texas at age 82
• Buried: Bethesda Cemetery, Lindale, Smith, Texas, USA

  Noted events in his life were:

• W W II Enlistment, 18 Dec 1945. ¹ Name: Edgar L Howard Birth Year: 1919 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Texas State: California County or City: Los Angeles Enlistment Date: 18 Dec 1945 Enlistment State: North Carolina Enlistment City: Camp Butner Durham Branch: Infantry Branch Code: Infantry Grade: Staff Sergeant Grade Code: Staff Sergeant Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: National Guard in Federal Service, within 3 months of Discharge Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Truck Driver, Light Marital Status: Married Height: 97 Weight: 459
  

• Social Security Death Index, 20 Jan 2002. ² Name: E. L. Howard Last Residence: 75771 Lindale, Smith, Texas, United States of America Born: 2 Sep 1919 Died: 20 Jan 2002 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )
  

• Burial records, 20 Jan 2002. ³ Name: Edgar L Howard Service Info.: S SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II Birth Date: 2 Sep 1919 Death Date: 20 Jan 2002 Cemetery: Bethesda Cemetery Cemetery Address: Lindale, TX 75771
  

• Burial records-findagrave: Edgar L. Howard, 1919-2002, Bethesda Cemetery, Alvarado, Johnson, Texas, USA. ⁴ Record, family links and tombstone photo submitted by Syble Cline Glasscock on Oct 18, 2007

Edgar married Nellie BARNETT [22288857], daughter of Daniel Jones BARNETT [32096452] and Lonie Lenora BROWN [32096492], on 5 Sep 1942. (Nellie BARNETT [22288857] was born in 1923 in , , Texas, USA, died on 28 Jan 2007 in Lindale, Smith County, Texas, USA and was buried on 31 Jan 2007 in Bethesda Cemetery, Lindale, Smith, Texas, USA.)