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EDWARD LEROY FOLKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – July 16, 1967
Service recordEdward Leroy Folks, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 79
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 79
- JERALD KATSUJI SUMIDAAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- ARMANDO VILLAPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES DWIGHT WARDAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 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.