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EDWARD CLARENCE HANDLY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 29, 1936 – January 25, 1966
Service recordEdward Clarence Handly, of Shelbyville, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 25, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 90
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Indiana (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Aircraft
- C-123B
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1966; 46 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 90
- JEROME HERRINGTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WOODIE LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
From Shelbyville
- LAURIE LEON ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS BUSBYSenior Chief Petty Officer · October 23, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · January 20, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND LUXCorporal · October 18, 1968
- RICHARD DALE JAMESCorporal · December 8, 1968
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.