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MY BROTHER – Edward Kettering Marsh RIP

EDWARD K Marsh —  Vietnam War:

Eddie when he was young and had many dreams...


First Lieutenant (U.S. Army, Us. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or

Lieutenant Junior Grade (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard

Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998

about EDWARD Kettering Marsh

Name: EDWARD Kettering Marsh

Birth Date: 21 Apr 1941

Death Date: 5 Dec 1965

Home City: Bethlehem

Home State: Pennsylvania

SSN/Service #: O5406606

Death Date: 5 Dec 1965

Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

Tour Start Date: 16

Service Branch: Department of the Army

Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR)

Rank: First Lieutenant

Military Grade: First Lieutenant

Pay Grade: First Lieutenant (U.S. Army, Us. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Lieutenant Junior Grade (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)

Company: Btry A

Regiment: 33rd Arty

Batallion: 2nd Bn

Province: 99

Decoration:

THE SILVER STAR MEDAL

THE ARMY COMMENDATION WITH “V’ DEVICE

V N NATIONAL ORDER FIFTH CLASS

V N GALLANTRY CROSS WITH PALM

PURPLE HEART MEDAL

PURPLE HEART MEDAL WITH PALM

And several other small medals

CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

Service Occupation: Field Artillery Unit Commander (ARMY)

Another source of info:

Death: Dec. 5, 1965
Bin Duong, Vietnam

Vietnam War Army veteran
1LT Edward K. Marsh
Vietnam tour start: 16 September 1965
Hostile, died, Gun or small arms fire, Ground casualty
Binh Duong, South Vietnam
1ST Infantry Division, 33RD Artillery Regiment, 2ND Battalion, A Battery
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Panel 03E – Line 131

 

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From a friend of Eddie’s….”During that 12 months I was at Fort Riley, Ed lived down the hall from me in the Bachelor Officers Quarters. He was dating a girl from Kansas State, and talked me into dating one of her sorority sisters, in part because I had a four door sedan which could be used for double dating. We had a good time.
If I remember correctly, we both move to the Wildcat Apartments in Manhattan, Kansas in early 1965.
Like me, Ed was interested in filling his obligation to the Army and then moving on in life. I asked him one time what he thought he would do after his service and he stated he was thinking about teaching English or becoming a lawyer.
I was serious impacted when I heard about Ed’s passing.
I think of Ed often”
Eddie went to Deerfield Academy and Yale….more about those years later. Enjoy your Weekend and Honor our fallen men and women.  KO