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EDWARD LEON NEAL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1936 – December 2, 1969
Service recordEdward Leon Neal, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- May 1, 1936
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 19
- LYLE FRANCIS KELLCorporal · December 2, 1969
- ALFRED PICKARDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- RUSSELL THOMAS PICKERINGSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1969
- FRANCISCO M TRUJILLOCorporal · December 2, 1969
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.