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EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordEdward Lee Gustafson, of Wheaton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 74
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 74
- THEODORE HUBERT DALTONCorporal · November 1, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DAUCHPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- WOODIE JUNIOR DEANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- KEITH WILLIAM DUFFYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
From Wheaton
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BLASENLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- FRANKLIN LEROY KOCHFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 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.