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EDDIE B STORY
Major · U.S. Army
February 26, 1940 – October 25, 1969
Service recordEddie B Story, of Jonesboro, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 120
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. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 120
- LORENZO CHAPA JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- DONALD MYRON DYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- ROBERT NELSON FUNKStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH GOETTPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
From Jonesboro
- CHARLES JESSE FORDSergeant · March 10, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD B KINGSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- JAMES EDGAR BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · March 8, 1970
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1972
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.