Edgar F. Haines – Colonel, United States Army

COLONEL EDGAR F. HAINES DIES
Commanding Officer of Tilton Hospital in Army 33 Years

FORT DIX, New Jersey, July 22, 1943 – Colonel Edgar F. Haines, 60 years old, of 34 Garden Street, Mount Holly, Commanding Officer at Tilton General Hospital, died tonight at the hospital.

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Colonel Haines was graduated from Boston University.  He had served in the Army Medical Corps for thirty-three years at posts in China, the Philippines, Washington, Boston and many other places.

He leaves a widow, Mrs. Natalie Haines, and a daughter, who is the wife of Captain Don F. Taylor of the Coast Artillery.

Military funeral services will be held Sunday at the Tilton Hospital Chapel.  Burial will be Monday in Arlington National Cemetery.

HAINES, EDGAR F
COL MED CORPS, USA
DATE OF DEATH: 07/22/1943
BURIED AT: SECTION 6  SITE 9590-A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

HAINES, NATHALIE D WIDOW OF EDGAR
DATE OF BIRTH: 11/02/1883
DATE OF DEATH: 06/04/1970
BURIED AT: SECTION 6  SITE 9590-A N
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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