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EDWARD REYES DIAZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 1, 1948 – July 15, 1970
Service recordEdward Reyes Diaz, of Piti, Guam, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Piti, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 20
- CLIFFORD GRAYLance Corporal · July 15, 1970
- JIMMY LEE HILLWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- STANLEY VICTOR NEWMANSergeant · July 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH DOUGLAS VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 21
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.