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EDWARD MICHAEL KACHMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – April 8, 1969
Service recordEdward Michael Kachman, of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- North Braddock, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 38
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GIUNTACorporal · April 8, 1969
- RAYMOND ANTHONY GRAYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- IVAN IVORY GREENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1969
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ANTHONY GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 38
- KEITH NORMAN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 39
- CHARLES C DICKERSON JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 40
- JACKIE LEE TATEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 42
From North Braddock
- RAYMOND CLARENCE GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 10, 1965
- RUDOLPH JOHN BIELEK JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- CARL STEPHEN MIKULACorporal · September 2, 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.