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EDWARD TYLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 25, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordEdward Tyler, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 1
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- CLIFFORD D VANARTSDALENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- DURWOOD WAYNE VERRETTFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- DWIGHT ERVYN BOZEMANCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 15
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- JAMES VINCENT ANTOLINISergeant · Panel 57E, Line 18
- JOHNNIE WALTER DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 19
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 21
- JOSEPH GREENESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- BARRY WAYNE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- SAMUEL SWANN LINVILLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- MICHAEL LANG MITCHELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 28
- CHARLES RICHAR ROSENBUSCHSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 31
- GARRETT TIMOTHY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 32
- RALPH SANCHEZ JRPrivate · Panel 57E, Line 32
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- CLAUDE DOUGLAS PROTZCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 34
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.