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JOHN PAUL EDWARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Paul Edwards, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 6
- JAMES LONEL CUMMINGSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- ALFREDO DAVILAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS ELLISLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- GUY BERNARD EPHLAND JRFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINISpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 4
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 65W, Line 8
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 64W, Line 4
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.