The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Edward Roger Piper.

The Wall › Panel 1E › Alabama › Edward Roger Piper

EDWARD ROGER PIPER

Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army

July 11, 1939 – May 28, 1965

Service record

Edward Roger Piper, of Thorsby, Alabama, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 127

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
July 11, 1939
Home of record
Thorsby, Alabama (Chilton County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 28, 1965
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 127

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.