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1LT. Thomas Eddy was promoted
posthumously to Captain. He may have been the first casualty that the
6/27th Artillery suffered in Nam. He used to take a squad of guys and do a
perimeter search every night around the base camp in Phouc Vinh. I
think he was assigned to HQ Battery. While coming back into the base
camp at Phouc Vinh he failed to acknowledge the gate guards demand to "halt who
goes there!". When he failed to stop the guard fired three rounds from his
M-14 into CPT Eddy's chest. For some reason I'll always remember when the
news came down to us in Long Binh. If you remember, the 23rd Artillery
Groups Personnel Section was with us at Service Battery there in Long Binh. Larry Kantroski SVC Btry 6/27th Arty May 66-Aug 67 |
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I well remember that night that Lt. Eddy was
shot and killed. I had met the Lt. on several occasions and he was a fine
officer. Former Sgt 4th Gun Section - ABtry 6/27th Arty John Pope CW3 USAR Retired |
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I knew Tom Eddy very well at Fort Bliss and during our
service at Phouc Vinh. Tom was a wonderful person and an outstanding officer. I
was back in the States when Tom was killed and heard a slightly different
version of the circumstances surrounding his death from another officer who was
in Phouc Vinh at the time. I heard that Tom was killed by one of his own men
while on a night patrol outside of Phouc Vinh. I also heard that Tom's parents
wrote the soldier who fired the fatal shots to tell him that he should not feel
that the incident was his fault. I think about Tom often and know that he died
doing his duty and taking care of his men. While I think Tom might have been the first member of the 27th Arty killed at Phouc Vinh, there were other casualties, including the Battalion Commander, Lt Col McKay and Maj McManus who were wounded when their plane was shot down during a mission south of Phouc Vinh. Allen Lackey, 1/LT, HQ Btry - 1965-66. |
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| Photo Courtesy John Girardeau and Adrian Gravelle |
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| Doc David Hastings Photo |
Final Resting Place of Captain Thomas
Earl Eddy
Photos Courtesy
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