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EDDIE LEE HATLEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 1, 1946 – March 26, 1969
Service recordEddie Lee Hatley, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 47
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 47
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JOE EARL HOLLEMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- FREDERICK ROBERT KUTZERSergeant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 42
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 45
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 47
- THEODORE E HEINSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 48
- CARLTON LEE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 51
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 51
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 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.