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EDWARD GENE LACEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – May 28, 1967
Service recordEdward Gene Lacey, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 5
- NOBLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE KAASECaptain · May 28, 1967
- DOUGLAS LLOYDMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1967
- GEORGE MYRON WALKINSHAWCorporal · May 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY LEON HAMMONTREEStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 4
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.