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SAM EGGERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordSam Eggert, of Tucumcari, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucumcari, New Mexico (Quay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 37
- JAMES CARMEN BYRDSergeant · May 10, 1969
- NICHOLAS FRANK CERRATOSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- JAMES CRAIG DEWARPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RUSSELL MARTIN DOBYNS JRLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 38
From Tucumcari
- ANDREW JOSE PACHECOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- RAMON FELIX ORTEGA JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
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.