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EDWARD EARL STROMBECK
Major · U.S. Army
January 29, 1934 – June 17, 1967
Service recordEdward Earl Strombeck, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 4
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (82163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 4
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JOHN W VAUGHANSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD WESTStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.