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EDWARD W WASHINGTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – July 9, 1968
Service recordEdward W Washington JR, of Mt Olive, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, Mississippi (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 3
- MANUEL V ARENAS JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT EVERETT ASHHospitalman · July 9, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH AVELLAPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM CARRSergeant · July 9, 1968
From Mt Olive
- EVELYN FRANKLIN LANKFORDSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
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.