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CHARLES ADRAIN EAKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1947 – May 17, 1967
Service recordCharles Adrain Eakins, of Clay, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Clay, Kentucky (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 14
- WHILTON ANTHONY MCCARTHYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE DODGECommander · May 17, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.