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EDWARD DEAN LOCKETT
Private · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – February 10, 1970
Service recordEdward Dean Lockett, of Crescent City, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Crescent City, California (Del Norte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 121
- ALVIN LEONARD HALVERSONStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1970
- THOMAS MARVIN HILL JRCorporal · February 10, 1970
- RALPH ARTHUR HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH KULIKOWSKICorporal · February 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MARVIN HILL JRCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 121
From Crescent City
- DONALD WILFRED SHANKSPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HENRY WHISENHUNTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- HOWARD EARL CRAMBLETWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
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.