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EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1946 – September 27, 1967
Service recordEdward Anthony Carruthers, of Sparks, Nevada, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 22
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
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Sparks, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 22
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · September 27, 1967
- JOHNNIE D SANDERSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- HUELYN BERNARD STOKERLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
From Sparks
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEALance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ANDREW ERNEST LEBEAU JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- DENNIS W LONDONSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.