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EDWARD TARVER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1950 – August 12, 1970
Service recordEdward Tarver, of Winnsboro, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 106
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
- February 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 106
- RUBIN WILBERT WESTFALL JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1970
- RUSSELL LEROY BAHRKE JRCorporal · August 13, 1970
- ALAN B CHEESEMANCaptain · August 13, 1970
- DONALD CLIFTON COLLINSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
From Winnsboro
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1967
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · October 2, 1969
- JOSHUA COLEMANSpecialist Five · April 16, 1970
- CHARLIE SINGLETON JRSergeant · July 9, 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.