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EDWARD MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1948 – June 9, 1968
Service recordEdward Michael Sullivan, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 15
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
- Photographer (4631)
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 15
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LOREN STOEHRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ARTHUR CLARENCE TOWNSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.