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EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – July 21, 1968
Service recordEdward Raymond Braun, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 23
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Cheyenne, Wyoming (Laramie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 23
- STUART JOHN WOODLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- EDWARD GARLAND ASH JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAM JOSEPH FAVATASpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 25
- SOLOMON LEON MCMILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 27
From Cheyenne
- ROBERT FRED GUTHRIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BECKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD MCNALLYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 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.