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CURTIS ABBOT EATON
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 21, 1924 – August 14, 1966
Service recordCurtis Abbot Eaton, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 14, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 4
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1233C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 357 TFS
- Born
- July 21, 1924
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 14, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 4
- DAVID BANKS BRYANTPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- DARYL RAYMOND CORFMANPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH DALTON JRSecond Lieutenant · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
From Wakefield
- DAVID MICHAEL JALBERTLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 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.