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JAMES THOMAS EDMONDS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – February 5, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Edmonds, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 62
- BRUCE BRYANT BERNSTEINPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1969
- JAMES LEONARD FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- ALVIN GORDON JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GERALD JAMES JOHNSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LESTER CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 61
- TONY LEE GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 63
- CHESTER JON KMITSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 65
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 65
- SALVATORE MANCUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 66
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.