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EDWARD JAMES NOVAK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1950 – August 22, 1970
Service recordEdward James Novak, of Tinley Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Tinley Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 131
- JEFFERY ALLEN MILLERLance Corporal · August 22, 1970
- ROBERT ONEAL NIMANPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN ROBERTSCorporal · August 22, 1970
- DONNIE PAUL SMITHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
From Tinley Park
- CHARLES JOHN RILEYLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLWEDELPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- GERALD CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ROGER LYNN MCRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.