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GARRETT EDWARD EDDY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 22, 1944 – October 1, 1970
Service recordGarrett Edward Eddy, of Seattle, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 1, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 103
- DAVID ALLAN CASONSergeant · October 1, 1970
- HASKELL JUNIOR DOLANCorporal · October 1, 1970
- RANDY LEE FISHERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.