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ALLAN JOHN EASTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1950 – November 9, 1969
Service recordAllan John Eastman, of Belmont, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Belmont, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 50
- RICHARD SCOTT MCFARLANDSergeant · November 9, 1969
- IRA EUGENE MCGOWANLance Corporal · November 9, 1969
- RONALD RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- FRANK DALE STEIBELCorporal · November 9, 1969
From Belmont
- CREIGHTON ROONEY GRANTStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- DAVID HUGH HOLMESLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
- WALTER DONALD RAYSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · May 13, 1968
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
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.