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EDWIN JOSEPH MACNAMARA
Major · U.S. Army
July 18, 1928 – July 3, 1966
Service recordEdwin Joseph Macnamara, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 18, 1928
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 127
- KENNETH LEE SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- HARRY JOHN STATECZNY JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1966
- DAVID RONALD STONESergeant · July 3, 1966
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES FAWCETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 123
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 126
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.