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EDWARD JEROME COLSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – June 11, 1967
Service recordEdward Jerome Colston, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 87
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DEAN EDDIE CLINTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN BRILEYAPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 86
- ERASMO CAMARGO CASTILLOCaptain · Panel 21E, Line 86
- EDWARD ROY LUKERTSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 93
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.