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EDDIE SAILOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1949 – December 29, 1969
Service recordEddie Sailor, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 108
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 108
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY LUCIANILance Corporal · December 29, 1969
- GEORGE PARNELL REEDCorporal · December 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENCERSergeant First Class · December 29, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE ALLENSergeant First Class · December 30, 1969
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.