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EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1950 – June 17, 1969
Service recordEdward Joseph Edmund, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 64
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
- August 4, 1950
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 64
- MICHAEL DAVID DAWSONLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- LEON TIMOTHY DUNCANPrivate · June 17, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED FELSHERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- JOSEPH DAVID FOURNIERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
From San Marcos
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- EDWARD RAY GAYTANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 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.