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RICHARD JOHN EDRIS
Commander · U.S. Navy
January 15, 1929 – November 1, 1966
Service recordRichard John Edris, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 3
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
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- January 15, 1929
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 3
- CHARLES N CARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- CHARLES CHAPMAN CLARKPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · November 1, 1966
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE ELSWICKSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.