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ROBERT JAMES EDWARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1941 – October 15, 1967
Service recordRobert James Edwards, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 8
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 8
- RALPH PAUL COSTANZOSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- PATRICK LAWRENCE DOYLELance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- GAYLON G GIPSONSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.