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EDWARD BRUCE MELODY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – February 23, 1970
Service recordEdward Bruce Melody, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 49
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, Arkansas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 49
- BARRY ALAN MOLETTIERESergeant · February 23, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH NACHTIGALLSpecialist Five · February 23, 1970
- CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1970
- JUAN AMADOR RUBIOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWARD DOLIKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 48
- JOSEPH FRANK ERICKSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 48
- CALVIN ERNESTO SERAINSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 48
- DAVID JOSEPH NACHTIGALLSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 49
From Fayetteville
- HOWARD HUGH WITHEYCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR KEMPFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- HARMON L REMMEL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY IIICaptain · March 1, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.