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EDWIN HOLLAND PUMPHREY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordEdwin Holland Pumphrey, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 52
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · April 10, 1969
- JACKIE LEE RATCLIFFCorporal · April 10, 1969
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
- JOSEPH FRANK SPINNICCHIASergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE DALE EVANSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 49
- JOHN LOUIS MORGAN JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 51
- JACKIE LEE RATCLIFFCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 52
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.