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EDMOND RAY SACCOMEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1948 – September 15, 1969
Service recordEdmond Ray Saccomen, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 91
- STEVEN ALLEN RICKERSONLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- WILLIE ROGERS JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR SICKLESPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 90
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.