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EDWARD JOSEPH DARCY
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 19, 1938 – December 29, 1967
Service recordEdward Joseph Darcy, of Portland, Maine, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 92
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 314 TAW
- Born
- June 19, 1938
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 29, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “DET 314 TAW”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 92
- JOHN ADRIAN DELOZIERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- CHRISTY TED DIMOULASPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- LARRY R DOYLEWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- WAYNE ALVIN ECKLEYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES PETER CLAXTONColonel · Panel 32E, Line 91
- WAYNE ALVIN ECKLEYChief Master Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 92
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
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.