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JOHN WALLACE EDGERLY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1944 – August 12, 1966
Service recordJohn Wallace Edgerly, of Dowagiac, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 130
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Dowagiac, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 130
- GORDON HERBERT DUNAWAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- ROBERT DENNIS FINDLEYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE FRIZZELLLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- LEONARD GORDON GOROSPEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
From Dowagiac
- ROBERT LEE WENGERCorporal · July 23, 1966
- JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- WILLIAM R STOLLEY JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1969
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
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.