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EDWARD MARZENELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1947 – June 25, 1968
Service recordEdward Marzenell JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOHN MANCUSOCorporal · June 25, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MELLOCorporal · June 25, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD MORRISCaptain · June 25, 1968
- HENRY LINDSAY PAGE IIISpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GREGORY HENRYPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 35
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MELLOCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 36
- LEE ROY DAVID SPROUSECorporal · Panel 55W, Line 39
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.