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EDWARD T RUSSELL
Cadet · U.S. Army
May 29, 1945 – April 30, 1966
Service recordEdward T Russell, of Springfield, Maine, served as a Cadet in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Cadet (CADET)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 14
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · April 30, 1966
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS PRUITTPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.