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EDMUND DAVID BRENT JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1934 – June 22, 1966
Service recordEdmund David Brent JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 74
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 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 74
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- JAMES RICHARD DUFAULTPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.