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EDWARD GARRY RANKIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – September 16, 1966
Service recordEdward Garry Rankin, of Waynesboro, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Waynesboro, Virginia (Waynesboro (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 103
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN LEIGHTON ROBERTSONColonel · September 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN ROSETOLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
From Waynesboro
- DAVID WAYNE SMITHAirman · July 29, 1967
- AUBREY ALLEN BRYANSergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
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.