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EDWARD GILBERT LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordEdward Gilbert Lee, of Belmont, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Belmont, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 25
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- WILLIS GEORGE JONESSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- PAUL JAY KINGERYSergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIS GEORGE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
From Belmont
- CREIGHTON ROONEY GRANTStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- DAVID HUGH HOLMESLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
- WALTER DONALD RAYSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ALLAN JOHN EASTMANSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
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.