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EDWARD BERNARD IWASKO
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1947 – October 10, 1970
Service recordEdward Bernard Iwasko, of Bellwood, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellwood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 122
- DALLAS ALAN DRIVERSergeant · October 9, 1969
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · October 9, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1970
- JAMES ALBERT BAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · October 10, 1970
From Bellwood
- JOSEPH P MARAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH COSTANTINOLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- JOHN ROGER RYAN JRCorporal · November 27, 1968
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.