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EDMOND DAVID BILBREY
Captain · U.S. Army
June 1, 1943 – March 11, 1971
Service recordEdmond David Bilbrey, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 36
- JAMES LAVERNE RANDALLCorporal · March 10, 1971
- GARY HERBERT ROBISONCorporal · March 10, 1971
- CURTIS RICHARD SMOOTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1971
- GORDON KEITH SPEARMAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS LOCKHARTSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 38
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.