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EDMUND LAMBERT MACNEIL III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1944 – May 2, 1971
Service recordEdmund Lambert Macneil III, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 22
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Winthrop, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 22
- JEFFERY CAMON GOODRICHSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
- RONALD JOE LARSONSpecialist Five · May 2, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER JONATHAN NEALESpecialist Five · May 2, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT STOUTSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BRENT CORDONCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 21
- JEFFERY CAMON GOODRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 22
- RONALD JOE LARSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 22
- CHRISTOPHER JONATHAN NEALESpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 22
- WILLIAM HENRY WALTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 23
From Winthrop
- PAUL FRANK BRUGMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- JOHN CULLIN WHITESpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD RICHARD CORDEAUSergeant · March 7, 1968
- ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHERCorporal · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PIGNATOLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
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.