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EDWARD FROWNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – May 30, 1969
Service recordEdward Frowner, of Manila, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Manila, Alabama (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 20
- JEROME LISTON COLLINSCorporal · May 30, 1969
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- EDWIN EARL DOTTERSergeant · May 30, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS DUBOISLance Corporal · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY WAYNE HARGISSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 21
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.