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EDWARD BARDEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – July 25, 1967
Service recordEdward Barden, of Whiteville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Whiteville, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 118
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- ROBERT MITCHELL CRAIGStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES CROUSELance Corporal · July 25, 1967
- DONALD VANCE DAVISLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1967
From Whiteville
- JACK WALTERS JRLieutenant Commander · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE FIPPSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1967
- JOSIAH SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- EDDIE LEE LOCKLEARPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.