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EDWARD GAFFNEY CREED
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 24, 1944 – June 25, 1966
Service recordEdward Gaffney Creed, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 91
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- October 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 91
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT HAROLD DANNEELSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CECIL ERNEST DAWHospitalman · June 25, 1966
- MELVIN EARNEST TAYLORLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.