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EDWARD PAUL DEIBEL III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1952 – September 2, 1970
Service recordEdward Paul Deibel III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- January 8, 1952
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 35
- RUFO SANTOS SANNICOLASLance Corporal · September 2, 1970
- WILLIAM GREGORY WALKER IISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WEIDLEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1970
- RONNIE CHAVISPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.