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EDWARD JAMES BROMS JR
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 6, 1943 – August 1, 1968
Service recordEdward James Broms JR, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on August 1, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 41
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 66
- Born
- May 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 1, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 41
- HARRY MATHIAS BECKERSergeant · August 1, 1968
- DONALD LE ROY CARLSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EPPERSONSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
- WILLIAM FERNANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 1, 1968
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.