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EDWARD ALTON COMBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1942 – December 31, 1967
Service recordEdward Alton Combs, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signal Supply And Parts Specialist (76G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 7
- DICKEY CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · December 31, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- WILLIE FRED DAIL JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.