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EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1947 – September 18, 1967
Service recordEdward Stephen Duffett, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 88
- ROBERT PORTNER BREEDENLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- BRADLEY JAMES CARSONPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- RICHARD ANTHONY GIULIANILance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- KEITH RICHARD HENRICKSONSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · March 9, 1969
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.