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EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1941 – November 30, 1967
Service recordEdward Orville Bilsie, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 9
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 9
- GRIFFITH BRONSON BEDWORTHFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- GEORGE ALLISON BIRD IIICorporal · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 8
- GRIFFITH BRONSON BEDWORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 9
- KENNETH DALE MCKEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 14
- STEPHEN RICHARD PORCELLAMajor · Panel 31E, Line 16
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN HODGESSergeant First Class · November 14, 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.