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EDWARD CLARK CALDWELL III
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 28, 1946 – February 20, 1970
Service recordEdward Clark Caldwell III, of Rochester, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 36
- KENNETH LEE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- REGGIE WESTEL HINSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1970
- FLOYD RAY JOHNSONPrivate · February 20, 1970
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.