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EDWARD MCCORVEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1945 – February 3, 1968
Service recordEdward McCorvey JR, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 11
- JOHN WINCHESTER MCGUIREPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM OTTECorporal · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- JACK ALLAN PEACOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 1
- LARRY GEORGE CANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 4
- VERNON ZIGMAN JOHNSSergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 5
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 6
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 6
- LESLIE LAWRENCE COWDENSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 8
- EUGENE M KORECKICaptain · Panel 37E, Line 9
- HOWARD SADLER JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 13
- DALE HOWARD SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 14
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 16
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.