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EDWIN ORRIN IVES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1947 – March 17, 1968
Service recordEdwin Orrin Ives, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 12
- DONALD RICHARD HUBBSCommander · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ITZOESergeant First Class · March 17, 1968
- DAVID ERIC JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- FELIX LEON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.