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EARL LEE DERBY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1942 – April 17, 1967
Service recordEarl Lee Derby, of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Pequot Lakes, Minnesota (Crow Wing County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 42
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JOSE HERNANDEZ QUINTEROSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 39
- JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JRSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 40
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 42
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 43
From Pequot Lakes
- GERRIT LYNN BLANKSMAPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.