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EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1946 – October 13, 1967
Service recordEdward John Rafferty, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 103
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Havertown, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 103
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · October 13, 1967
- GEORGE EVERETT SHADEHospitalman · October 13, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · Panel 27E, Line 101
- STANLEY JESSE KERRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 101
- GEORGE W LOCKE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 102
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 104
From Havertown
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- ALONZO R TOALMajor · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.