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EDWARD LEE EBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – February 1, 1969
Service recordEdward Lee Eby, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 31
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 31
- CALVIN SYLVESTER DAYSergeant · February 1, 1969
- RUSSELL HAROLD ELLISCorporal · February 1, 1969
- JOHN HEBER GORDONSergeant · February 1, 1969
- HENRY L GUTIERREZ JRCorporal · February 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL HAROLD ELLISCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 31
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 34
- MELVILLE BRICE ROSE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 34
- HENRY GERARD SCHULTECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 35
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.