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EDDIE LEE NAILS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1949 – May 9, 1970
Service recordEddie Lee Nails JR, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 8
- JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- RAYMOND LOUIS PARADISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1970
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- MICHAEL MONROE USSERYSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ROY MARCOStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 7
- RAYMOND MURPHY MORRISCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 9
- OSCAR ABREGO SOLISSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 9
- DAN ROGERS STEWARTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 9
- RICHARD ARTHUR WELLSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 10
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.