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EDWIN HAROLD SORNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – June 20, 1966
Service recordEdwin Harold Sornson, of Dover, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Dover, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 70
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- EDDIE VASQUEZCorporal · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAMSPrivate · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REINER WALTER BIEROWSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 64
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- LELAND RICHARD COTTINSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 65
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 65
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- LARRY FRANKLIN HERRINPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 66
- RICHARD HINTONCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 66
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- PATRICK THOMAS MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 68
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 69
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 70
- MILLARD LEROY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 71
From Dover
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WILLIAM HADDICKChief Master Sergeant · August 22, 1967
- DONALD E KENTONWarrant Officer 1 · March 6, 1968
- NOLAN REED RAYSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 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.