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EDWARD PUCK KOW WONG JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1953 – March 27, 1972
Service recordEdward Puck Kow Wong JR, of Oakland, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 27, 1972, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1953
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 27, 1972
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1972; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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 2W, Line 120
- JAMES MANORSergeant · March 27, 1972
- DAVID ERIC PANNABECKERCaptain · March 27, 1972
- RAYMOND ANTHONY WAGNERAirman First Class · March 27, 1972
- LARRY JAMES WOODSChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 27, 1972
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES WOODSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 120
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.