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AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – March 3, 1969
Service recordAustin Ivan Edwards, of Walhalla, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 21
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Walhalla, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 21
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DECKERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- HAROLD EARL MUSSELMANLance Corporal · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER WILLIAM RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 30
From Walhalla
- BILLY LEESpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD CHASTAINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANK THOMPSONPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLMESCorporal · November 6, 1969
- WILLIE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · March 5, 1970
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · July 27, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.