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THOMAS RAY EDWARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1944 – June 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Ray Edwards, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 4
- ROBERT GEORGE ZINKPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROSS OWEN BARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1968
- TOMMY JOE BREHMSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- STEPHEN WAYNE HADLEYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 8
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 9
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
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.