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EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1940 – June 4, 1966
Service recordEdgar Brower Burchell III, of Mamaroneck, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Mamaroneck, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 5
- STEPHEN H GAYMONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- HARDING EUGENE SMITH SRColonel · June 3, 1966
- ERVIN WARRENChief Master Sergeant · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
From Mamaroneck
- HAROLD HENRY SCHOCKLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- DAVID EDWARD PORTERFIELDHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- ROBERT DIROBERTOCorporal · December 15, 1966
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- MARTIN JEROME KEOGHSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1970
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.