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EDWIN CHARLES ROLLINS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1929 – June 20, 1966
Service recordEdwin Charles Rollins, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 68
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L BTRY 4 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 2, 1929
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 68
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GARY ELDON OOTHOUDTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.