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EDWARD JOSEPH BREWER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1946 – February 6, 1968
Service recordEdward Joseph Brewer, of Elmira, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 50
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 52 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 50
- RONALD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM BRYANTCorporal · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 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.