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EDWARD WILLIAM WITHEE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
February 23, 1941 – October 6, 1970
Service recordEdward William Withee, of Madison, Maine, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 6, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 116
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- February 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Madison, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 116
- JAMES VERNON LLOYDSergeant First Class · October 5, 1970
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- RUBEN BOSQUEZ SUNIGASpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- JOHN VINSON WILLIAMS JRMajor · October 6, 1970
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.