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EDGAR ALLEN FLOWERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1948 – March 31, 1969
Service recordEdgar Allen Flowers, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 98
- DAREN LEE DRINSKISpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- CLEMENT ARTHUR DUPUISLance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- RAMIRO MEDINA GONZALEZSergeant · March 31, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 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.