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DOUGLAS DUKE EASON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1952 – November 20, 1971
Service recordDouglas Duke Eason, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 70
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1952
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 70
- ROBERT RICHARD CHESSERSergeant First Class · November 20, 1971
- HENRY VERNON CLOSSERPetty Officer Second Class · November 20, 1971
- CARTER JEFFERSON JRStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1971
- JOE L LOVE JRSpecialist Five · November 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 69
- CARTER JEFFERSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 70
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.