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ROBERT CLIFTON EDMUNDS JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 2, 1942 – October 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Clifton Edmunds JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 27, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- June 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 27, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 43
- DAVID DONALD DUMASCorporal · October 27, 1968
- LOUIS ARTHUR FRYESergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
- ALFRED DOUGLAS GARRETTSergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
- JAMES LEON HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.