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JOHN NEWT EDWARDS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 25, 1928 – April 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Newt Edwards, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 25, 1928
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 16
- JONATHAN COLLINS IIISpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- LAWRENCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- ISLAM OZGERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 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.