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DAVID EVERETT EASTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – March 11, 1971
Service recordDavid Everett Easton, of Norman, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 38
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Norman, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 38
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- DONALD RALPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- PHILIP BRUCE HOLTZCLAWCorporal · March 11, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS LOCKHARTSpecialist Five · March 11, 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.