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EDMUND GARDNER EXUM JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – June 3, 1967
Service recordEdmund Gardner Exum JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 44
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 44
- THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVANPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1967
- VICTOR MICHAEL DRISCOLLCorporal · June 3, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH M KIERNAN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21E, Line 48
- ALLEN TRUMAN NEWMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21E, Line 50
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · Panel 21E, Line 51
- RODNEY HOWE SMITHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21E, Line 53
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · Panel 21E, Line 53
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.