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CHARLES HAROLD EDWARDS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
July 18, 1943 – March 29, 1971
Service recordCharles Harold Edwards JR, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 91
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 91
- RUSSELL LELAND CLAYSergeant · March 29, 1971
- WILLIAM GAYLE COXSergeant · March 29, 1971
- KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSONPrivate · March 29, 1971
- MICHAEL ANGELO FRATTALICorporal · March 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BARRY ARTHUR RHASHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 92
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.