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EDWARD E STOCKWELL JR
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 11, 1946 – January 16, 1969
Service recordEdward E Stockwell JR, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 18
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH MUREL RUSSELLPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- ALLAN NAPOLEON SCAVELLAMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 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.