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EDDIE LEE LOCKLEAR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1950 – June 22, 1969
Service recordEddie Lee Locklear, of Whiteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Whiteville, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 112
- TERENCE ARTHUR HUEBNERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1969
- ROBERT HOLBROOK JOYTechnical Sergeant · June 22, 1969
- JOHN GAYLORD KOPRIVASergeant · June 22, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL LYONSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
From Whiteville
- JACK WALTERS JRLieutenant Commander · May 19, 1967
- EDWARD BARDENCorporal · July 25, 1967
- EUGENE FIPPSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1967
- JOSIAH SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.