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EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordEdward Leroy Sizelove, of Alexandria, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 16
- JAMES HENRY PRESLEYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · June 2, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 15
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 16
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Alexandria
- JOHNNY RAY CRAWFORDStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE ANKRUMCommander · January 31, 1968
- LEONARD ALLAN ROYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHEAL HIDAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 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.