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EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDE
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 20, 1930 – November 27, 1968
Service recordEdward Ernest McBride, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 27, 1968, in Laos, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 77
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 20, 1930
- Home of record
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 77
- RAYMOND MCCUMBERStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1968
- DONALD STEPHEN MIHORDINSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- MICHAEL GRAMBLING PARRFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSONSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
From Hattiesburg
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- THOMAS DEVECMON OTT IIAirman · July 29, 1967
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BURTONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · July 2, 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.