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EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – April 16, 1970
Service recordEdward Decamp Sossamon, of Gaffney, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Gaffney, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 15
- RALPH EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- FRANK LEE RIDENStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHN DAVID THOMASPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RALPH HEINZCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 13
- FRANK LEE RIDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 15
From Gaffney
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ALLISONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WARREN LESTER RUTLANDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
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.