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THOMAS EARL EDDY
Captain · U.S. Army
April 2, 1937 – June 26, 1966
Service recordThomas Earl Eddy, of New Braunfels, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 6 BN 27 ARTY II FF
- Born
- April 2, 1937
- Home of record
- New Braunfels, Texas (Comal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 97
- IVOR ECAROL BUNCHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JAMES COLEMAN JRCorporal · June 26, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
From New Braunfels
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BENITO MORALESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY CARAWAYSergeant · February 10, 1968
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1969
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · February 6, 1970
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1970
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.