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EVERETT EARL LIGHT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1939 – June 4, 1966
Service recordEverett Earl Light, of Triangle, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Triangle, Virginia (Prince William County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 7
- JAMES NELSON SPANGLERFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- JEROME WALTER LITKEPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JAMES LYONS JRStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1966
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 6
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 8
- MARTIN LEE WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 9
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.