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GEORGE FREDERICK EDWARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1948 – March 10, 1968
Service recordGeorge Frederick Edwards, of Putnam, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 6
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Putnam, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 6
- ROBERT EDMUND COCHRANStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1968
- FORBIS PIPKIN DURANT JRLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM EAGLESONCorporal · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES DALE FLOODSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
From Putnam
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · August 11, 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.