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EDDY RAY CASEY
Private · U.S. Army
August 24, 1949 – March 26, 1969
Service recordEddy Ray Casey, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 43
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 70 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 43
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 1969
- JESSE CARL BOWMANTechnical Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- OWEN DAVIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD BUSCHMANNMajor · March 26, 1969
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.