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JOHN EDGAR MARASON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – December 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Edgar Marason, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 23
- DONALD PAUL KREMERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- RICHARD ELI LATIMER JRFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- CLARANCE LEE LOVELance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- DUNCAN B MCINTYRECaptain · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LESTER RINEHARTCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 24
From Phillipsburg
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ALBERT ALEYA OUTWATER JRSergeant · July 21, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONIPrivate · April 10, 1968
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCEMajor · July 5, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 9, 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.