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ROGER WAYNE EDWARDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1945 – February 12, 1967
Service recordRoger Wayne Edwards, of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 20
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
- May 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Muskegon Heights, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 20
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD JEFFREY GILBERTSergeant · February 12, 1967
- REX WHEELER HIGHFILLSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
From Muskegon Heights
- DENNIS ARNOLD LANORELance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL CLARKELance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- ARMANDO LEO ESCARENOPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
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.