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EDWARD DEAN DISON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1947 – March 3, 1967
Service recordEdward Dean Dison, of Clinton, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 8
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, Tennessee (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 8
- CLYDE JOSEPH CAIRESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- WILLIAM LADD CAMPBELLCorporal · March 3, 1967
- DONALD RAY COLDEBERGSergeant · March 3, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM CURRANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
From Clinton
- WILLIAM DON DAUGHERTYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- GOMER DAVIS HOSKINS JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1967
- PHILLIP EDWARD MINTONCorporal · February 18, 1969
- JOHN TRAVIS DAVISSergeant · May 28, 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.