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EDWARD F HABBLETT JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 16, 1940 – May 18, 1970
Service recordEdward F Habblett JR, of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 18, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signalman (SM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 61
- JOHN EDWARD DARLING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1970
- LARRY ROBERT GARCIASpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- HARVEY GENE GRAHAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · May 18, 1970
From Natrona Heights
- JOHN BARRY TALIANAPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CHARLES OLSON JRPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
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.