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EDWARD VANEVERY JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – June 1, 1970
Service recordEdward Vanevery JR, of Hampton, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signal Intelligence Analyst (Linguist) (98C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 355 RADIO RESEARCH 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Hampton, Iowa (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 132
- RICKY EDWARD PERSELYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHSergeant · June 1, 1970
- AULDON KEITH WHITESpecialist Four · June 1, 1970
- GLENN LEE WILLISLance Corporal · June 1, 1970
From Hampton
- GREY H WAGNERSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DEAN WILLIAM OLTMANSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- STEVEN RAY STOLTZSergeant · June 18, 1970
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.