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Edwards, Ted
City/County:
Charlotte
County:
Mecklenburg
First Name:
Ted
Middle Name:
Willis
Last Name:
Edwards
Date of Birth:
4/4/1944
Personal Details
Education Details:
1962 Graduate of East Mecklenburg High School and
1966 Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biographical Notes:
Location on Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 36E, Line 69
Military Details
Military Branch:
Marines
Enlistment Date:
August 1966
Military Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Military Unit:
105th Artillery
KIA Date:
2/2/1968
KIA / MIA Place:
Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Military Details:
Second Lieutenant Edwards was sent to Vietnam in August of 1967 where he served as a Forward Observer with the 105th Artillery. He died on the Hospital Ship USS Valley Forge from a wound to the neck he received by rapid small-arms fire during a landing on the coast.
Source:
Charlotte News Febuary 5th, 1968
Charlotte Obsever February 5th, 1968