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RICHARD EDWARDS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1941 – November 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Edwards JR, of Leesburg, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Leesburg, Florida (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 40
- GARRYL DAVID CARDINALPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE DEWITTPrivate · November 9, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE HARVINCorporal · November 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY JOHN ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 39
From Leesburg
- WILLIAM ERNEST HILLStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1965
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · September 7, 1968
- QUINCY HIGHTOWER TRUETTChief Petty Officer · January 20, 1969
- RONALD RAY GARNERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
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.