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EDDIE LESTER MARSHALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1940 – April 5, 1967
Service recordEddie Lester Marshall, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 105
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 105
- ALAN JAMES DEANCaptain · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- KENNETH MARTIN KESSINGERCorporal · April 5, 1967
- ALFRED GEORGE LIRAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.