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EDGAR LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – February 7, 1969
Service recordEdgar Lee, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 79
- PETER CLIFTON HURLOCKSergeant · February 7, 1969
- PAUL ROGER JARVISPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- GAYLAND EUGENE KEROHERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES WILLARD MILLER JRCorporal · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 77
- LARRY STEVENSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 82
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 82
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.