Born in Yonkers, New York on June 8, 1922, Edward Nickelson Willard worked as an actor before enlisting in the U.S. Army in July 1942. He served as a Files and Registry Clerk for the MFAA Subcommission of the Allied Control Commission in Italy.

 

Edward Willard died in Denver, Colorado in May 1981.

 

The Foundation is very interested in learning more about Edward Willard’s life, as well as his military service as a Monuments Man. If you have any information, please contact abottinelli@monumentsmenfoundation.org.

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Photo courtesy of the Walter Gleason Collection, The Monuments Men Foundation Collection, the National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA.