Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 31-Jan-1949
Hometown: South Barre, Massachusetts
Marital status: Married to Jean M. Cormier
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 29-Mar-1969
Start of tour: 15-Sep-1969
Incident date: 25-Nov-1969
Date of casualty: 25-Nov-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Edward James Cormier was killed while a gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on armored cavalry assault vehicle (ACAV) on sweep mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Edward James Cormier
SSG Robert John Nadeau
SP4 Roger Bernard Schaefer
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 540 845
Place of interment: Saint Josephs Cemetery, Barre, Massachusetts, USA
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