Edwards, Ted [1]
Biographical Notes:
Location on Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 36E, Line 69
Date of Birth:
4/4/1944
Military Branch:
Marines
City/County:
Charlotte
County:
Mecklenburg
Education Details:
1962 Graduate of East Mecklenburg High School and
1966 Graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Enlistment Date:
August 1966
First Name:
Ted
KIA / MIA Place:
Quang Tri, South Vietnam
KIA Date:
2/2/1968
Last Name:
Edwards
Middle Name:
Willis
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.
Military Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Source:
Charlotte News Febuary 5th, 1968
Charlotte Obsever February 5th, 1968
State:
North Carolina
Military Unit:
105th Artillery
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