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EDWARD AMBROSE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1928 – August 24, 1969
Service recordEdward Ambrose, of Gosport, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 105
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 24, 1928
- Home of record
- Gosport, Alabama (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 105
- WILLIAM JOHN ANDERSON JRCorporal · August 24, 1969
- BERNARD PHILLIP BAILEYSpecialist Four · August 24, 1969
- JAMES RUSSELL BEATTYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- JAMES NELSON STEENPrivate First Class · August 24, 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.