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JAMES EDSALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1949 – July 27, 1968
Service recordJames Edsall, of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 18
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
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 18
- TERRY LEE DILLARDCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DAVID PHERRAL DUNYONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- WILLIAM LOYD FOLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- JOSEPH RALPH FRANCKOWIAKCorporal · July 27, 1968
From Honesdale
- REED JAY SCHWEIGHOFERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- JAMES STANTONCorporal · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM COONSCorporal · February 12, 1970
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · July 9, 1972
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.