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JERRALD LEROY EDWARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1948 – September 2, 1967
Service recordJerrald Leroy Edwards, of Costa Mesa, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 82
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
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Costa Mesa, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 82
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM H ELMORE JRFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1967
From Costa Mesa
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 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.