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JOHN JAY EDWARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1946 – March 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Jay Edwards, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 102
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 102
- REUBEN LOUIS GARNETT JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- RONALD WILLIAM GODDARDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HARRY M GODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- ANDREW LALONE HASTINGSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
From Lock Haven
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN SMITH JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK JOHNSTONSergeant · May 3, 1968
- DOMINIC M SEMENTELLI JRSergeant · March 25, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WORDENSpecialist Five · May 15, 1969
- DANIEL LEROY MYERSLance Corporal · April 2, 1970
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.