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EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 24, 1930 – April 4, 1967
Service recordEdward Philip Szeyller, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 4, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapons Distribution (6702)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 92 USS ENTERPRISE CVAN 65
- Born
- December 24, 1930
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 101
- DONALD FREDRICK THULINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- LEWIS EUGENE AVERYSpecialist Four · April 5, 1967
- GLENN TRUMAN BRISTOWHospitalman · April 5, 1967
- WILLARD BROOKENS JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES CLAYCOMBStaff Sergeant · January 13, 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.