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ERIC ANTHONY LORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – September 22, 1969
Service recordEric Anthony Lord, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 126
- JOSE CARMELO RENTAS JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1969
- MARK WAYNE SURBERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1969
- JAMES TAYLOR TUCKERSergeant First Class · September 22, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Five · September 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES IRVINE YATESCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 127
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.