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EDWARD MCGRUDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – July 13, 1967
Service recordEdward McGruder, of Cusseta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Cusseta, Georgia (Chattahoochee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 67
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- LARRY FREEMAN FAULKNERPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- FREDDY RAY GOREPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- ARNOLD MATHISLance Corporal · July 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN SHEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 68
From Cusseta
- DOUGLAS WOODROW COLLINSWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 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.