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EDWARD JOSEPH HALBERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – July 29, 1969
Service recordEdward Joseph Halbert, of Steelville, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Steelville, Missouri (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 70
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
- ROY NATHANIEL GIVENSSergeant · July 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · July 29, 1969
- ROGER PARRY HARRELLCaptain · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALFORD LANDRUMSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 71
From Steelville
- RICHARD LEE DICUSSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
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.