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DANIEL LYNN EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1950 – August 10, 1968
Service recordDaniel Lynn Edwards, of Ceredo, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Ceredo, West Virginia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 43
- PAUL GREGORY OLENZUKPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEE RAINSSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY RANDOLPHLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- DONALD MERLE REDMONDPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.