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Marine LCpl John Edward Addison.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Philadelphia
Last Address Philadelphia
Casualty Date Dec 27, 1967
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Thua Thien (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Beverly National Cemetery (VA) - Beverly, New Jersey
Wall/Plot Coordinates 32E 067/Plot: Section S Site 093
following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.
"Addison was drawn to the Marine Corps and told family and friends he was considering a military career when he dropped out of Thomas Edison High School in 1965 at the age of 17. The rifleman-gunner was assigned to Company F of the 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He died two days after Christmas 1967 at the Station Hospital at Da Nang, Viet Nam, of wounds he sustained in the hamlet of Phu Bai, Quang Tri Province. The 19-year-old lance corporal was survived by his parents, a brother and sister."
