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EDWARD JAMES MASLYN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – October 27, 1968
Service recordEdward James Maslyn, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 45
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 45
- RICHARD ROSS COOMERCorporal · October 27, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MANSFIELDLance Corporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERTO MENDEZLance Corporal · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD PATRICK MULLINSWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.