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EDMOND RAY TOLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1942 – August 13, 1968
Service recordEdmond Ray Toler, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 9
- DARRELL LYNN TRUMBLELance Corporal · August 13, 1968
- ALLEN LEA WARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LEON DAVID WILLARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 6
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- THOMAS WILLIAM MATTESONPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- DONALD EUGENE PRAGMANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 9
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 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.