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EDWARD CHARLES SOUTHERN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1950 – February 26, 1969
Service recordEdward Charles Southern, of Newton, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 73
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Newton, Kansas (Harvey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 73
- BARRY GENE SOWDERSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- BENJAMIN F STOFFER IIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ISAAC STRINGER JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
From Newton
- JAMES LEEROY NORTHROPSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD SCATES JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS MARTINEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1969
- JOSE LLAMASCaptain · August 19, 1969
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.