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EDWIN JOSEPH SMOLAREK JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1946 – August 18, 1969
Service recordEdwin Joseph Smolarek JR, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 63
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
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 63
- BENNY BRUCE PARKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- JOHN CARL RODGERSSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1969
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.