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DAVID DEAN EUKEL
Private · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – February 8, 1968
Service recordDavid Dean Eukel, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 26
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 26
- DARRELL EDWARD DUNLAPPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- BRIAN FRANCIS DURRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE DYKES JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MICHAEL REID ELWELLStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 27
- JAMES P FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 27
- AQUILLA ANTHONY PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 36
- LEONARD ALLEN STALNAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 39
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.