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DAVID STEARNS EASTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1943 – May 8, 1968
Service recordDavid Stearns Easton, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 2
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 2
- ELLIS LOVINE FAIRCLOTHSpecialist Five · May 8, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES FIFFEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DAVID FOSTER FLETCHERLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- NORMAND EDWARD FONTAINESpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 35
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · Panel 56E, Line 35
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 4
- THOMAS JACK LANSDENPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 5
- VICTOR LEE LAYNESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 6
- JAMES DEAN ROYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.