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EDWARD LEE BORREGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – October 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Lee Borrego, of Monrovia, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 80
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Traffic Controller Radar Controller (93J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Monrovia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 80
- GEORGE ROBERT ANDREWSCaptain · October 15, 1969
- BOBBY BAXLEYPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- FRANCIS P CREAMERSergeant First Class · October 15, 1969
From Monrovia
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES B WILTSE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · January 6, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DENNIS EARL NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
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.