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EDWIN EVERETTE AXTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordEdwin Everette Axton, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 17
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
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 17
- LEE ARTHUR WILLIAMSSergeant · June 10, 1969
- JAMES LOUIS ASHERCorporal · June 11, 1969
- DAVID OWEN BIGGSSergeant · June 11, 1969
- HAROLD MILTON BROWNStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID OWEN BIGGSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- DUANE ELMER OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 25
- RANDALL CHARLES ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 27
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
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.