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EDWARD HAROLD RIXMANN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1943 – June 1, 1967
Service recordEdward Harold Rixmann, of Star Prairie, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Star Prairie, Wisconsin (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 29
- RODERICK DANE MCMURRYCorporal · June 1, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PARISHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS SCHMIDTLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LONNEY LEWIS EHLERSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 27
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · Panel 21E, Line 30
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.