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EDDIE JOE NEELEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 21, 1944 – December 13, 1968
Service recordEddie Joe Neeley, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 17
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES MCCLENDONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1968
- FRANCIS J MCGOULDRICK JRColonel · December 13, 1968
- THOMAS FRANKLIN SMITHSpecialist Four · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY ALLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 13
- SAMMY RAY PALMERCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 19
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.