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JAMES HERBERT EDWARDS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 14, 1945 – April 10, 1967
Service recordJames Herbert Edwards, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 9
- CHRISTOPHER CRONKHITEPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- DAVID R FISHERSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JAMES WILBUR FOSTERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- EARL RUSSELL GROVESpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID R FISHERSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 9
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 10
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 10
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 10
From Cranston
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
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.