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RICHARD LYON EDWARDS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 8, 1935 – October 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Lyon Edwards, of Coal Grove, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Coal Grove, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 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.