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EDWIN WARD VANORDEN JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 17, 1938 – November 19, 1967
Service recordEdwin Ward Vanorden JR, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 19, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 35
- DANIEL VARELAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ANTHONY VIGILLance Corporal · November 19, 1967
- RICHARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- RUDOLPH NATHINAL WARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.