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EDWARD LEE ROARK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1947 – May 8, 1966
Service recordEdward Lee Roark, of Lancaster, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 41
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1966
- 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
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 41
- JESUS LOPEZ RAMOS JRSergeant · May 7, 1966
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH TUMINOSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- JOHN BACOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
From Lancaster
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- RUSSELL BURR LUKERStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE KINGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · February 20, 1968
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · June 29, 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.