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THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1946 – March 5, 1966
Service recordThomas William Edwards, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 115
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)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 115
- LELAND FRANCIS DIXONCorporal · March 5, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LEE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JEROME BRADLEYLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 113
- PHILIP FITCHLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 114
- RICKEY DEAN GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- JIMMY PINEDA SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 123
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 124
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · September 5, 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.