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Edwards among ship fire victims from Flossmoor Sailor dies in South China Sea blaze
Darryl Dushon Edwards, 21, a Flossmoor native and Homewood-Flossmoor High School alumnus, is among six sailors killed when a fire swept the engine room of the USS White Plains during a replenishment at sea in the South China Sea. Five others injured, ship towed toward Subic Bay.
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South China Sea
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Darryl Dushon Edwards
White Plains
Bruce Cole
Public Affairs Department
Washington D.C
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Univeristy Park
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Subic Bay
Philippines
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Guam
Hong Kong