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EDWIN ALLEN KUDLACEK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1951 – September 28, 1971
Service recordEdwin Allen Kudlacek, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 29
- ORVILLE CAUDILLCorporal · September 28, 1971
- BERNARD LOUIS COROCorporal · September 28, 1971
- LEO FRANCIS GRADYCorporal · September 28, 1971
- DWIGHT HUBERT JONESCorporal · September 28, 1971
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.