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EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1945 – July 5, 1967
Service recordEdward Michael Cornell, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1945
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 10
- WILLIAM V FREDERICKLieutenant Colonel · May 25, 1965
- PEDRO FERRA-FLORESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- BERNARD FRANCIS FORDAirman First Class · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS MCDANIELWarrant Officer 1 · July 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PEDRO FERRA-FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 10
- JERRY DOUGLAS HUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
- TIMOTHY JUDD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 15
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 1967
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.