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GORDON PATTERSON EADIE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1947 – August 15, 1967
Service recordGordon Patterson Eadie, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 113
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 113
- DOUGLAS R DICKERSON JRLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- PATRICK JAY FLEMINGLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HUNLEYPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR KEMPFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.