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EDWARD DAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1945 – April 3, 1968
Service recordEdward Day, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 48
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 48
- LESLIE LEE CRANEYPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- STANLEY JOHN CYGONCaptain · April 3, 1968
- GILBERT DELA PENASpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 50
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 51
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 51
- LESLIE JOHN LANTOSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 52
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 53
- CHARLES PATRICK SCARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 54
- DAVID CARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 57
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 57
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 58
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.