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BOBBY BRANCE EDWARDS
Major · U.S. Army
January 23, 1936 – December 24, 1968
Service recordBobby Brance Edwards, of Torrance, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 72
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 72
- EVERETT FREDERICK COXSpecialist Five · December 24, 1968
- KENNETH ROY DEVORESpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL HESTERCorporal · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 72
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.