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EDWARD WALTER METCALF
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1932 – May 22, 1971
Service recordEdward Walter Metcalf, of Prairie City, Oregon, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 50
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 26, 1932
- Home of record
- Prairie City, Oregon (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 50
- GARY AUSTIN DORESpecialist Four · May 22, 1971
- THOMAS ROY LUSHERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1971
- JAMES WILLIAM PETERSONCaptain · May 22, 1971
- RICHARD DALE PLUMMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM PETERSONCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 50
- ROY GENE SHADDONSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 51
- PATRICK WEBERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 51
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.