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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Edward William Fell JR.

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EDWARD WILLIAM FELL JR

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 22, 1948 – July 17, 1968

Service record

Edward William Fell JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 52W · Line 42

Position of Panel 52W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Duty Soldier (57A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 LOGISTIC CMD
Born
December 22, 1948
Home of record
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 17, 1968
Age
19
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 52W, Line 42

From Baltimore

All 419 names from Baltimore →

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.