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EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEIN
Major · U.S. Army
March 30, 1935 – April 12, 1966
Service recordEdmund Henry Hornstein, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 107
- RONNIE RAY LOVETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1966
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- WAYNE JUDE SPELLMANCorporal · April 12, 1966
- JAMES ROMAN TOMAKOSKIPrivate First Class · April 12, 1966
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
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.