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TEDDY EUGENE MIDDLETON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – July 15, 1969
Service recordTeddy Eugene Middleton, of Mason, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 1
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Mason, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 1
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD MCGUIREPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- KENNETH JOHN MEULEBROECKCorporal · July 15, 1969
- DENNIS EARL NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EDWARD GODBEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 125
- JOHN CURRIE HANSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 125
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 3
From Mason
- MARTIN STEVE GRUBER JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
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.