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EDWARD TYRONE WEST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1946 – August 21, 1968
Service recordEdward Tyrone West, of Linden, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 24
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Linden, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 24
- CHARLES G VANDER HEYDENSergeant · August 21, 1968
- DANIEL EDWARD WARKCorporal · August 21, 1968
- JOHNNY LAVERNE WHITEAKERCorporal · August 21, 1968
- MARVIN REX YOUNGStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1968
From Linden
- FRANKLIN MICHAEL TUNICKLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE KNOSKYCorporal · May 14, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
- EUGENE LAWPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 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.