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EDGAR DEWITT PAGE
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
May 12, 1943 – April 28, 1968
Service recordEdgar Dewitt Page, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 42
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ROMEROCaptain · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYNN BARBERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 33
- DAVID THOMAS BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 33
- FREDRICK E BAUERLE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 33
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN DUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- JACKIE LINDELL ELSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- BILLY KEITH FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 37
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 39
- HENRY WUNDERLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.