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EDWIN HARRY CASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordEdwin Harry Case, of Batesland, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Batesland, South Dakota (Shannon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 72
- NORMAN GENE CATESPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL CIUPINSKISergeant · November 1, 1968
- ERNEST FRISSELL COOKE JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE FUNKEPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE EUGENE SPRADLINSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 5
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.