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JOHN ARTHUR EDDY
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
November 22, 1929 – May 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Arthur Eddy, of Anadarko, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 24
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- November 22, 1929
- Home of record
- Anadarko, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 24
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DENHOFFPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- EDGAR SNOW DOLIBERSpecialist Six · May 4, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
From Anadarko
- EUGENE LEONARD ARANDAPrivate First Class · September 24, 1965
- JAMES LARRY MCBRIDELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER RAY RIDDLEPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT JOSEPH SMITHLieutenant Colonel · June 16, 1969
- RONALD JACK WARDColonel · December 18, 1972
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.