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RODNEY CLINTON EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – April 9, 1967
Service recordRodney Clinton Edwards, of Columbiaville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbiaville, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 2
- JOHN WILLIAM CHARLTONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- THOMAS PAUL CIBOROWSKIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- JOHN CORNELIUS DUNLAPLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 3
- GLENN JOHN HLAVACEKCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 4
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 5
- WILLIAM CURTIS MADISONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 5
- DALE E MILAMSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 6
- CHARLES ALBERT STOKENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 7
From Columbiaville
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · May 23, 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.