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EDWARD VOYT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1945 – June 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Voyt, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 56
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 56
- DONALD LEE WICKLINE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- MITCHELL BLAINE WYSELPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- GARY DEAN BENDERCorporal · June 16, 1969
- RONDAL LEE BURNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RAY GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 52
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 55
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.