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EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 12, 1950 – January 11, 1971
Service recordEdward Wayne Bethards, of Novato, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Novato, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 39
- ROBERT DENNIS BLACK JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1971
- RICHARD VINCENT BLACKBURNCorporal · January 11, 1971
- LEE WILLIAM CLORECorporal · January 11, 1971
- ALLEN RAY GRAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEE WILLIAM CLORECorporal · Panel 5W, Line 39
- REX ALAN VOGELPOHLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 41
From Novato
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- MICHAEL GORDON TANDYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBINCaptain · March 17, 1970
- DARYL ROY KUNZLERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.