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DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOUR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordDwight David Eisenhour, of North Platte, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 11 MT BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- North Platte, Nebraska (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 2
- DANIEL RONEN COXLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ORVILLE EDMONDSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- GILBERT FELICIANOPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- EDWARD KENNETH FERGUSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
From North Platte
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS GABRIEL SOTOStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.