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EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1943 – January 7, 1967
Service recordEdwardo Enri Cazanas-Diaz, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 120
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 120
- PAUL ANTHONY BENKERTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
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.