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EDWARD W STRAIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 17, 1945 – April 10, 1970
Service recordEdward W Strain, of Story City, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 10, 1970, in Thailand, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Story City, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 120
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SISTRUNKStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- GALE STOPHER JRSergeant Major · April 10, 1970
- KEVIN ARLEY STOUTCorporal · April 10, 1970
From Story City
- JON OWEN OSHEIMPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
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.