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EDWARD CHARLES ROOT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1947 – April 25, 1968
Service recordEdward Charles Root, of Berryton, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Berryton, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 10
- ANIBAL ORTIZ-RIVERA JRCorporal · April 25, 1968
- ROBERT DEWAYNE PATTERSONCorporal · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM RAUBERCorporal · April 25, 1968
- JESSE LEROY SAMFORDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1968
From Berryton
- JERRY DEAN BARKSDALELance Corporal · January 31, 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.