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EDDIE ACHICA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1930 – August 10, 1966
Service recordEddie Achica, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 5, 1930
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 121
- ERNEST BALDONADO AMADORSergeant · August 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEROY FRENCHFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 122
- GARY FRANCIS FUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 122
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 122
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 124
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.