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EDWIN HUGH CORWIN
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1931 – December 22, 1968
Service recordEdwin Hugh Corwin, of Bryan, Ohio, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 61
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Laundry Machine Operator (3261)
- Born
- July 13, 1931
- Home of record
- Bryan, Ohio (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 61
- RICHARD GEORGE BARNARDSergeant First Class · December 22, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- TERRY LEE COOPERSergeant · December 22, 1968
- DON HINSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
From Bryan
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITHLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE FAVOURITECorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN SANEDALance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 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.