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EDDIE RAY DERRITT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1945 – May 3, 1966
Service recordEddie Ray Derritt, of Leavenworth, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Leavenworth, Kansas (Leavenworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 19
- RONNIE EUGENE MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- WALTER SUTTON WOODLieutenant Commander · May 2, 1966
- RICHARD GEORGE ENGELMANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- DOUGLAS JACKSONSergeant · May 3, 1966
From Leavenworth
- MURVIN SCHALIPP JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- GARY DEAN LITTLESpecialist Five · July 8, 1967
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- RAYMOND HORACE PIKE JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · January 31, 1968
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOE LOUIS EMERYPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · March 10, 1970
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.