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PAUL WILLIAM EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1949 – July 17, 1969
Service recordPaul William Edwards, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 10
- DENNIS WILLIAM BINGHAMSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE EMEIGHStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1969
- ARLIN DALE FRANKENCorporal · July 17, 1969
- NOEL KEITH GARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 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.