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EDWARD ROBERT GUEST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1946 – August 24, 1967
Service recordEdward Robert Guest, of Verona, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 38
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Verona, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 38
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- RONALD LEE HOLTZMANSergeant · August 24, 1967
- ROLAND IRA JEFFERSONCorporal · August 24, 1967
From Verona
- MARTIN ROBERT ROBINSONPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH ALLAN STANCIULance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD W COLLINS IIISecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES SUGDENSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES F DANIELSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 1, 1969
- RAYMOND JAMES DISANTICorporal · May 13, 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.