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HIRAM EURIAS EDENTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1950 – September 23, 1970
Service recordHiram Eurias Edenton JR, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Spotsylvania, Virginia (Spotsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 85
- STEVEN FREDERICK JINDRICHSpecialist Four · September 22, 1970
- CALVIN RUSSELL SEGARPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- FREDERICK JOSEPH SMITHLance Corporal · September 22, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD TEFFSCorporal · September 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES RIVEIRASergeant · Panel 7W, Line 86
From Spotsylvania
- RICHARD RANDOLPH WOODWARDAirman First Class · February 8, 1966
- CLIFTON BALLANTYN BERGMANFirst Sergeant · October 14, 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.