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EDWIN CHARLES SONNICHSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1942 – August 21, 1968
Service recordEdwin Charles Sonnichsen, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Area Intelligence Specialist (97C)
- Born
- November 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 23
- RICHARD EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- WALTER CHARLES STEELESpecialist Five · August 21, 1968
- DELBERT RAY STOGSDILLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- R D SULLIVANPetty Officer First Class · August 21, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.