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EDDIE LEE SULLIVAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – February 6, 1967
Service recordEddie Lee Sullivan, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 2
- GORDON WILLIAM STARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- ROGER LEE TANNERSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- MERRHAGE MICHAEL MOYERSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 130
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.