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DAVID JOHN ECKENRODE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1946 – July 21, 1968
Service recordDavid John Eckenrode, of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 25
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Engineer, Construction, And Equipment Off (I) (1301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 7 ENGINEERS
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 7 ENGINEERS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 25
- SAM JOSEPH FAVATASpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- SHERMAN EDWARD FLANAGAN JRLieutenant Colonel · July 21, 1968
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY FOSTERSergeant · July 21, 1968
From Bellefonte
- AARON BUCKLEY AUMILLERSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- RAYMOND ARTHUR DUBBSFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1968
- LEWIS PHILIP SMITH IIMajor · May 30, 1968
- FRANCIS EDWARD DUNLAP JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
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.