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PAUL ROBERT EDMOND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1949 – June 9, 1969
Service recordPaul Robert Edmond, of New Brighton, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 119
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- New Brighton, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 119
- CLINTON LEE DAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- STONEY LEE DEELSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- BRUCE JOEL DUNHAMSergeant · June 9, 1969
- JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROACorporal · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- JOHNNIE J CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- ARTHURO CARRASCOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUFUS JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 2
- BRUNO J MLODZINSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 4
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 5
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 8
From New Brighton
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- ERLE LAWRENCE BJORKECaptain · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES OTTO SPILLMANPetty Officer First Class · February 28, 1968
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1969
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 1970
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.