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EDWARD MICHAEL MCNAMARA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1941 – May 30, 1968
Service recordEdward Michael McNamara, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 19
- ERNEST ALVIN MOLZONPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- WILLIE F OXENDINE IIIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JOHN DAVID PAPESergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHNNIE EARL POWELLPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.