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JOSEPH EDWARDS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1944 – January 19, 1967
Service recordJoseph Edwards, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 52
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ROSS MICHAEL BEESpecialist Five · January 19, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROSS MICHAEL BEESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 52
- EMMETT FELTON POPE JRSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 53
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 53
- JAMES VINCENT RALSTONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 54
- EFRAIN ZUNIGA JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 54
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1967
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.