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EDWARD JOSEPH WISE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – July 27, 1967
Service recordEdward Joseph Wise, of Street, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Street, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 11
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
From Street
- DONALD GWYN OSBORNESergeant · October 26, 1967
- LARRY LEE ROBINSONSergeant · May 17, 1971
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.