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EDWARD DOYLE POWERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1943 – December 15, 1968
Service recordEdward Doyle Powers, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 26
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 26
- DAVID ALLEN LENCHNERFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- MARK EUGENE MADSENCorporal · December 15, 1968
- KENNETH CARROLL MAJOR JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- DAVID PIOTROWICZPrivate First Class · December 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEAN FRANCIS SPAULDING JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 28
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.