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WILLIAM T EDGERTON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – October 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam T Edgerton JR, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 95
- JOHN KAY HARDY JRCaptain · October 12, 1967
- FRANK NOLAN HOLSOMBACKCorporal · October 12, 1967
- EDWARD CARL JARVISPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- JOSE SALAZARPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CARL JARVISPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 95
- RONALD STIRLING PENMANSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 96
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JAMES MACKENZIE INMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.