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EDWARD J DEVINCENT JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1946 – March 22, 1966
Service recordEdward J Devincent JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 38
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- FRANK RYAN ESCHPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- ARNOLD JOE FAULKNERPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK RYAN ESCHPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 38
- JOHN CHESTER ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 40
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.