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HARRY JEROME EDWARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1952 – January 20, 1972
Service recordHarry Jerome Edwards, of Holly Hill, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 98
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Holly Hill, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 98
- RICHARD JAMES HOCKCaptain · January 16, 1972
- PATRICK WILLIAM RABACALSpecialist Four · January 16, 1972
- BENJAMIN EDWIN YARD JRStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1972
- DAVID DONALD BERDAHLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DONALD BERDAHLPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 98
- DWIGHT JED MINNIEARSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 99
From Holly Hill
- WOODROW DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.