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EDWARD ALEC WERMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
April 11, 1938 – June 1, 1971
Service recordEdward Alec Werman, of Hensel, North Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 63
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Hensel, North Dakota (Pembina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 63
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- KEVIN PAUL FORCUMSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
- DANNY RAYMOND KINGSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DEAN ROBERT ISAACSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 61
- LEON JEROME JACKSONSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 61
- ANDREW CARNEGI STRONG IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 62
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.