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EDGAR JOHN UDELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1946 – December 25, 1967
Service recordEdgar John Udell, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 60
- PHILLIP ERNEST NEFFSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- JERRY ALAN SELLERSMajor · December 25, 1967
- JOE THOMAS SHUMPERTSpecialist Five · December 25, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SIENGOSecond Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSTechnical Sergeant · December 25, 1967
From Coos Bay
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
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.