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EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1939 – May 19, 1967
Service recordEdward John Wagner JR, of Everett, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 51
- MARTIN NELSON TULLCaptain · May 19, 1967
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · May 19, 1967
- JACK WALTERS JRLieutenant Commander · May 19, 1967
- CARNELL EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 39
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 39
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 42
- EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 45
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 49
- CARNELL EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 51
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK PELTONCorporal · September 10, 1967
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.