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JAMES WALTER EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1944 – July 18, 1966
Service recordJames Walter Edwards, of Normal, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Normal, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 18, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 33
- RONALD LEE EUNICEHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- RONALD EDWIN HOELStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS KYSERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
From Normal
- FRANK RYAN ESCHPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- DAVID RONALD PAGEStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1967
- EDWARD K MEYERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
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.