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EDWARD EUGENE ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1945 – October 17, 1966
Service recordEdward Eugene Anderson, of Opelousas, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 80
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
- Born
- November 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Opelousas, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 80
- PERRY LEE POOLELance Corporal · October 16, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD SWINNEYSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · October 16, 1966
- HORTON SISLER COKER JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
From Opelousas
- JESSIE RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1966
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- FOSTER LEE SONNIERSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 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.