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EDWARD FORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 5, 1941 – December 9, 1968
Service recordEdward Ford, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37W, Line 73
- CHARLES AARON ATWOOD JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 9, 1968
- GARY WAYNE CHAPMANCorporal · December 9, 1968
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · December 9, 1968
- DENNIS CHARLES ERFORDSergeant · December 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE CHAPMANCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 73
- LEO STANLEY GORALSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 74
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 74
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.