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EDWARD JOSEPH ERNST
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1948 – February 18, 1967
Service recordEdward Joseph Ernst, of Torrance, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 57
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · February 18, 1967
- DANIEL PAUL DONNELLANPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- PATRICK MICHAEL DORANLance Corporal · February 18, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVING GOULDPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MULLEN JRLance Corporal · April 17, 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.