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EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1946 – March 23, 1966
Service recordEdmund Lawrence Sudler, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- 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 March 23, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 43
- JOHN BETHEL TAPPLieutenant Commander · March 23, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD BUSHLieutenant Colonel · March 24, 1966
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- GENERAL WHITEPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 42
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.