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EDWIN HARRY CURTISS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 30, 1949 – October 14, 1970
Service recordEdwin Harry Curtiss, of Stockdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 134
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Stockdale, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 134
- ROBERT L BRUNCKHORST JRSergeant First Class · October 14, 1970
- ROBERTS PATON BURROWSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1970
- TROY DURDENSpecialist Four · October 14, 1970
- LAMAR MCLEODSpecialist Four · October 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L BRUNCKHORST JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 134
- ROBERTS PATON BURROWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 134
- CARL JEFFREY WANKAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 1
- CECIL ALBERT WELLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 1
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.