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EDWARD DELBERT ULMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – April 20, 1968
Service recordEdward Delbert Ulman, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 14
- RICHARD JOHN TURBITT JRSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- RICARDO VILLARREALPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WALKERMajor · April 20, 1968
- ORTEN LEE WAREPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE GLIDDENPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 6
- RICKY LEE NULLPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 11
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.