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EDWARD WILLIAM ARGY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1944 – January 10, 1968
Service recordEdward William Argy, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 13
- ARNOLD GORDON ABELCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANCIS HOWARD ANDRYSIAKPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- LOYDE DEAN ARMORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BATESPrivate · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEE ROY BIRDENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 14
- WILLIAM BURR CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 15
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 16
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 17
- DAVID HARPER HERSHBERGERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- GORDON L GOINSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 18
- ALEX JAMES HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ROBERT LEE HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ANTHONY JOSEPH LEDERERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 22
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 23
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRIDGEFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 25
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · Panel 34E, Line 26
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 26
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
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.