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IRWIN LEON EDELMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1944 – February 18, 1969
Service recordIrwin Leon Edelman, of Sea Cliff, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Sea Cliff, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 54
- CLIO C FEATHERSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- RODNEY R GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1969
- NATHANIEL LERVERN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 18, 1969
- RONALD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1969
From Sea Cliff
- FRANCIS IGNATIUS ARNETTSergeant · February 13, 1968
- CARL RICHARD DICEMajor · December 8, 1969
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.