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EDWARD EUGENE STROUD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordEdward Eugene Stroud, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 4
- THOMAS NICKELL TEAGUESecond Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- MARVIN GEORGE TOZOURCorporal · May 13, 1968
- CHARLES A URDIALES JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DIXIE DE WALLACESpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
From Jonesboro
- BRITT TELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.