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EDWIN JOSEPH OLMEDA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – August 29, 1969
Service recordEdwin Joseph Olmeda, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 8
- CHARLES JOSEPH MACDONALDStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS MOSESSergeant · August 29, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY NELMS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK QUINNSecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH ALLEN DEVRIESSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 6
- JAMES THOMAS MOSESSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 8
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 9
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.