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EDDIE LYNN LANCASTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1948 – December 19, 1967
Service recordEddie Lynn Lancaster, of Silsbee, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 28
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 3 MAR
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 28
- WINSTON ADAMS TAGGARTSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS MONTROSE WEBSTERCorporal · December 19, 1967
- JIMMY LEE WOOLFOLKPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
From Silsbee
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM MARTINSenior Master Sergeant · April 10, 1967
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 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.