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EDWARD REYNOLDS NAYLOR JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1941 – November 28, 1967
Service recordEdward Reynolds Naylor JR, of Denver, Colorado, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 102
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
- DENNIS LEE MERRILLLance Corporal · November 28, 1967
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · November 28, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RAY BLACKBURNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 82
- WILLIAM GARY HALLCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 101
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.