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EDWARD KASNOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – February 25, 1968
Service recordEdward Kasnow, of Elwell, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Audit Specialist (73B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Elwell, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 23
- LARRY WILLIAM KRAFTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- RONALD LEE KUSTABORDERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN LADEROUTELance Corporal · February 25, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE LANECorporal · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS NELSON LANGFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 24
- WILLIAM T PITTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 27
- JOHN RAYMOND STEVENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 30
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.