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EARL EUGENE FORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1950 – September 21, 1970
Service recordEarl Eugene Ford, of Susanville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 81
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
- January 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Susanville, California (Lassen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 81
- TERRY LEE DEANCorporal · September 21, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM GREBBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 21, 1970
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- THIERRY TIMOTHY G MAXIMSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM LYNWOOD TAYLORLieutenant Colonel · September 21, 1970
From Susanville
- JERRY DON JONESPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- THEODORE ARTHUR STAMPFLIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- FRED FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
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.