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EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDA
Private · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – July 8, 1965
Service recordEdward Joseph Almeida, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 31
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 31
- DONALD FRANK MARITPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- RICHARD CRAIG BRAMFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH BRUNOSergeant · July 8, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- JACK ORVAL EITELFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1965
From New Bedford
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 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.