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EDISON AMOS HARKINS III
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – July 30, 1970
Service recordEdison Amos Harkins III, of Beverly Shores, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Beverly Shores, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 69
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- HAROLD UTAH HAYESSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- FORREST HUGHY HOLLIFIELDFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1970
- ROBERT MASEDAPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE AUTENSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 68
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 69
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 70
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 71
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 71
From Beverly Shores
- DANIEL DEAN BRUCEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
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.