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EDWARD LEE FAILS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – June 19, 1967
Service recordEdward Lee Fails JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 11
- WILLIAM JERRY DILLONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ALLEN NORBERT ENGELPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND D CROWDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 11
- BLAINE WILSON LANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- BOBBY LOUIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- WAYNE THOMAS SCHUMACHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 19
- WILLIAM NORMAN SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 19
- LEONARD VITO TEDESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 21
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.