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EDWARD JAMES WHITTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1950 – July 30, 1970
Service recordEdward James Whitton, of Gaston, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 71
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Gaston, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 71
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY SCHROEDERLance Corporal · July 30, 1970
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPRINGERPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE AUTENSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 68
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 69
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · Panel 8W, Line 69
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 70
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 71
From Gaston
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DANIEL ALBERT IRELANSergeant · August 2, 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.