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EDGAR JOE SAFFLE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 3, 1938 – January 17, 1967
Service recordEdgar Joe Saffle JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 145 COM AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 145 COM AVN BN 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 46
- CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- DALE CLARENCE SCHUMMERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- VICTOR LUIS TORRESPrivate · January 17, 1967
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY PHILIP MAGISTROSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 45
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.