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EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – March 31, 1969
Service recordEdward Bartholomew Lama, of Mundelein, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Mundelein, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 99
- MELVIN HUBBARD CONNER JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- ARTHUR PAUL KONEVALPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- PETER MARY NEELance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES OSHEAPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 100
From Mundelein
- ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLECorporal · June 25, 1966
- RONNIE RAY LANDERSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
- GEORGE ANTON HAINSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
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.