Ed Damp was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. On February 21, 1943, at 21 years old, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps where he was trained as a navigator. He flew 31 missions into Germany on B‑17s with the 401st Bomb Group. After the war, he flew for Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. Ed joined Seaboard as a navigator in 1964.
Ed died in Sarasota, Fla. He was survived by his wife, Giselle Kitty; sons Jeff and John; his brother, Jim; eight grandchildren, and two great‑grandchildren. His sister, Jacqueline, died in 2014.