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EDWARD SCOTT TOWE
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1931 – April 26, 1967
Service recordEdward Scott Towe, of New York, New York, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 99
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1931
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 99
- BRUCE REGINALD WILLIAMSMajor · April 26, 1967
- JOE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EMMANUEL SALVATORE FENECHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 92
- JERRY BERNARD FORMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 93
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.