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DONALD MAC EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordDonald Mac Edwards, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 95
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 95
- CURTIS DARRISAWSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- GEORGE LEWIS DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JOHN HENRY DAVISCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ABEL JOSEPH DELA PAZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.