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EDWARD M MCILVAIN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1945 – October 18, 1966
Service recordEdward M McIlvain III, of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 88
- JOHN HENRY SOTHORON LONGCaptain · October 18, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- EUGENE LAWRENCE SELFPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD WESLEY BURNSSpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 86
From Wynnewood
- ROGER STEVEN BRISKINCorporal · March 31, 1967
- BRUCE BRIANT GREENECaptain · December 13, 1968
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.