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THOMAS CLIFFORD EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1947 – June 25, 1966
Service recordThomas Clifford Edwards, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 92
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 92
- CHARLES M EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARD EGGLESTONGunnery Sergeant · June 25, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MORRISLance Corporal · Panel 8E, Line 93
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.