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R V EDWARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1945 – August 23, 1966
Service recordR V Edwards, of Pineville, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 29
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Pineville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 29
- ANDRE LOUIS DUBECorporal · August 23, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES FRYERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DOUGLAS TERRY PALMERFireman · August 23, 1966
From Pineville
- ROBERT CLYDE ALLENSergeant · February 27, 1967
- GENE JOSEPH WHEATPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 1968
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.