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JOHN H EDWARDS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – February 6, 1968
Service recordJohn H Edwards JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 54
- RAYMOND EARL DUNLAPSecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM EISTERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID ELTRINGHAMSpecialist Five · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLARD HODGEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 47
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 47
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- RONALD WILLIAM BRYANTCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 50
- WILLIS GLEN CARDINCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 52
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · Panel 37E, Line 52
- WILLIE GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 56
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 58
- EDWARD JOHN KOWSKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- WALTER THAXTON PANNELLSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 66
- CONRAD E ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 67
- WILLIAM A SAWYERSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 68
- PAUL DAVID SHAMP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 69
- TENNYSON AARON THOMASCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 71
- MICHAEL WARREN WEBSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 75
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.