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EDWARD PAUL AUSTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1946 – November 1, 1966
Service recordEdward Paul Austin, of Alpena, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Alpena, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 5
- JAMES LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 1, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT IRVIN JOHNSONSergeant · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES N CARSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 3
- CHARLES CHAPMAN CLARKPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 3
- JAMES LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 5
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 5
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 6
- JOSEPH PAUL MACHALICAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 6
- MICHAEL LAVERNE PUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 7
- KLAUS WARRELMANNSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 8
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
- RANDY BLAKE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 9
From Alpena
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
- PHILIP BLAINE EMERSONLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 1970
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.