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TERRECE EUGENE EDGAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1949 – June 3, 1968
Service recordTerrece Eugene Edgar, of Oildale, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 23
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
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Oildale, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 23
- DELBERT RAY BROCKMEYERCorporal · June 3, 1968
- DANNY GEORGE FLANDERSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- STEVEN MARTIN GILLMERFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
From Oildale
- LANHAM ODELL BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- RONALD RALPH BEAMANCaptain · June 27, 1969
- DENNIS RAY WATTERSONStaff Sergeant · January 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.