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EDWARD ANDREW HORN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1949 – May 1, 1969
Service recordEdward Andrew Horn JR, of Poland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 91
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Poland, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 91
- GARRY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- PAUL STUART LAVEROCKPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Poland
- JAMES HERBERT SPENCERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.