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KURT CHARLES EDIE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 24, 1944 – May 3, 1967
Service recordKurt Charles Edie, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 24
- WILLIAM KELLY DOWNINGCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE FALWELLPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JON MICHAEL FARNERLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD FLANNERY JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- JOSEPH CRUZ BAZAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
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.