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DENNIS KEITH EAKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordDennis Keith Eaker, of Duboistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 105
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Duboistown, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 105
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
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.