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EDWARD JAMES CORMIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – November 25, 1969
Service recordEdward James Cormier, of South Barre, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- South Barre, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 120
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- EVERETT EARL WOOLUMS JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DONALD LEE WRIGHTSenior Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- RAYMOND KYLE DISMUKESSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN NADEAUStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 121
- ROGER BERNARD SCHAEFERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 123
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.