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DONALD LEE ELDRIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – September 27, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Eldridge, of Emmett, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 28
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Emmett, Idaho (Gem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 28
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- JERRY EDWARD DENSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- MITCHELL LAWRENCE FIRMINSpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
- RONALD LESTER GRANVILLESpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
From Emmett
- MICHEL T WHEELERCorporal · March 16, 1968
- WILLIAM RALPH MORLEDGEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
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.