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EDDIE CHARLES BEGAYE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1943 – May 25, 1967
Service recordEddie Charles Begaye, of Ramah, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Born
- February 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Ramah, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 100
- WILLIAM HENRY BETHEA IIIPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT KENNETH CADEAUCorporal · May 25, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH CAMIRELance Corporal · May 25, 1967
From Ramah
- NORMAN HUBERT BLOOMFIELDSergeant · July 11, 1969
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.