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EDWARD JOHN VAILLANCOURT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1951 – February 28, 1970
Service recordEdward John Vaillancourt, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 69
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 1970
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1970
- GREGORY SQUARESpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
- JACK ALAN VANWIERENSpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 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.