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EDWARD LOUIS MUNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordEdward Louis Munson, of La Salle, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- La Salle, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 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
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 13
- JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- LARRY SIMS MCKIBBENWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1968
- BERNARD MICHAEL PELLEGRINOSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 3
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 4
- JOHN EDMON HAWTHORNSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 8
From La Salle
- RICHARD FRANK DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.