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EDWARD HAROLD FOX
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1942 – September 18, 1965
Service recordEdward Harold Fox, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 87
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 87
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- WALTER NEVILLE LEVYSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 86
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · Panel 2E, Line 86
- LEROY HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 86
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 87
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 87
- JOE LANELL MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 88
- ROYNALD EDWARD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 89
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 90
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 90
From Plainview
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
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.