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EDWIN JOSEPH FALLOON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1945 – September 27, 1965
Service recordEdwin Joseph Falloon, of Evergreen Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 95
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Evergreen Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 95
- PASIA PAIALIISpecialist Four · September 26, 1965
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1965
From Evergreen Park
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY NEVILLESergeant · January 26, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DENNIS RALPH DEBICKEROPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
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.