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EDWARD RAY SARGENT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1948 – September 2, 1969
Service recordEdward Ray Sargent, of King, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- King, North Carolina (Stokes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 25
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 1969
- BRENT BRITTEN NAUSSSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- RAYMOND WALTER VAUGHAN JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
From King
- CHARLES RYA CRANFORDSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
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.