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EDWIN ELLIS BLAGDON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1949 – November 1, 1968
Service recordEdwin Ellis Blagdon, of Auburn, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Auburn, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 70
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · November 1, 1968
From Auburn
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD VICKERS THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- KENNETH HOWARD LAMBORNSpecialist Four · June 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.