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EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – May 10, 1969
Service recordEdward Allen Putney, of Reading, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Reading, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 42
- MAURICE EDWARD LUNDYFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN PAYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1969
- DAVID ALAN PROTAINPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- PETER ELMER SIPPLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS RANDOLPH BYOUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 36
- PAUL NORMAN KUPCHINSKASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 40
- ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 43
- ROY STEPHEN THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 44
From Reading
- PETER MALCOLM BREDBURYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES CROCELance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSCOMPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- BRUCE CARLTON PARMELEEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HOLTCaptain · September 19, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS HAVELSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
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.