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EDWARD ARTHUR MCWRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1946 – November 15, 1966
Service recordEdward Arthur McWright, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 75
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 75
- CHARLES G OBERLESpecialist Five · November 15, 1966
- FRED MELVIN PENNINGTONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- JIMMIE LEON PLATOHospitalman · November 15, 1966
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 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.