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EARL K EASTERLING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1942 – April 22, 1967
Service recordEarl K Easterling, of Winnsboro, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 68
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 68
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK ENGLISHSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
- WILLIAM AMBROSE PROCTORSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 71
- RAYMOND RIVERS TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
- CLARENCE L WAYPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 73
From Winnsboro
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · October 2, 1969
- JOSHUA COLEMANSpecialist Five · April 16, 1970
- CHARLIE SINGLETON JRSergeant · July 9, 1970
- EDWARD TARVERLance Corporal · August 12, 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.