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EDWARD A CABRERA
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – June 5, 1967
Service recordEdward A Cabrera, of Gallup, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Gallup, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 57
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · June 4, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL ASTLEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL ASTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 57
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 58
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 58
- STEPHEN W SOKALSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 59
From Gallup
- JOSEPH DANIEL HURTASergeant · March 22, 1967
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- PATRICK SKEETSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- WAYNE ARTAMUS TICESpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- STEVEN MIKEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
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.