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JOHN LEONARD EDWARDS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1944 – October 13, 1967
Service recordJohn Leonard Edwards, of San Diego, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 99
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Specialist (76E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1944
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 99
- GARY DEAN BYRDStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- LEONARD WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOEL HENRY CHAPINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUY LESTER BELLEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 98
- GARY DEAN BYRDStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 99
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · Panel 27E, Line 101
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 103
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.