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ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1944 – January 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Theodore Edwards, of Lancaster, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 21
- JERRY JAMES DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK EADSLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 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.