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EWELL EDGEL ACORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1937 – May 1, 1967
Service recordEwell Edgel Acord, of Lester, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powertrain Repairer (68D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Lester, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “335 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 2
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- JOHN BRAXTON WOODALLFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1967
- WAYNE HOWARD WOODARDCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JAMES VIRGIL CHRONISTERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 19E, Line 3
- JOHN MICHEAL ANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19E, Line 4
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 5
- CHARLES CLIFTON JONESMajor · Panel 19E, Line 6
- JOHN DUANE LEGGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 6
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 7
From Lester
- JOHN DERRAL THOMASTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- HERBERT OHLERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
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.