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EDWARD JAMES WOLFENDALE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1949 – February 24, 1969
Service recordEdward James Wolfendale, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 42
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 42
- CLARENCE JOSEPH BABIN JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- JEFFREY MICHAEL BARRONCorporal · February 25, 1969
- ARTHUR WAYNE BARTLETT SRSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- LOUIS FREDRICK GRIFFINPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 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.