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EDGAR DOUGLAS STANTON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1948 – September 16, 1968
Service recordEdgar Douglas Stanton JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 10
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 10
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · September 16, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- SAMUEL REED SUMMERFIELDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.