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EDWARD EARL DANIELS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1948 – November 5, 1968
Service recordEdward Earl Daniels, of Bedford, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 20
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Bedford, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 20
- JOHN JAUTRIS ZIMULISSergeant First Class · November 4, 1968
- CHARLES IVAN DEGRAWSergeant · November 5, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH JIRSASergeant · November 5, 1968
From Bedford
- ALFRED WILLIAM ROBINSONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS TUCKER OLIVERCaptain · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · July 22, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH FINKPrivate First Class · September 14, 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.