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EDSEL WAYNE STEAGALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordEdsel Wayne Steagall, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 86
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Shady Valley, Tennessee (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 86
- JAMES VIRGIL SPURLEY JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- JAMES RALPH STEVENSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS ALLAN STRATTONLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN WHYTESpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE C ANTHONYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 59
- DENNIS MICHAEL GUILMETTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 70
- JAMES EDWARD ISAAC JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 72
- RANDY TRUMAN KENDLEPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 76
- ARTHUR EDWARD SCOTTSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 84
- RICHARD ALAN WHYTESpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 86
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.