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BOBBY LYNN EATON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1947 – August 7, 1966
Service recordBobby Lynn Eaton, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 108
- DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PEAKSpecialist Four · August 6, 1966
- AARON WASHINGTON COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 7, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- DOMINGO MUNOZSergeant · July 28, 1967
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.