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EDWARD JOHN PARADA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1949 – August 27, 1970
Service recordEdward John Parada, of Arcadia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Arcadia, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 18
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · August 28, 1970
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.