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EARL LONDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – January 12, 1968
Service recordEarl London, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 37
- WILLIAM BAKER HUBBLECorporal · January 12, 1968
- LLOYD HENRY KENTSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- ROBERT D ORR KINGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- DAVID WARREN LEATHERBURYSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 34
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 36
- WILLIAM BAKER HUBBLECorporal · Panel 34E, Line 37
- JOHNNIE KAY PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 38
- JULIUS THOMASCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 39
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.