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EARL MELTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – August 2, 1966
Service recordEarl Melton JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 99
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- JUAN MUNOZSergeant · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENT L AMERINESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 96
- LARRY KENNETH BARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 96
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 96
- GLASCO JUNIOR FRYARSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- DALE HENRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 98
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HIRAM J KNIGHTON JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- WILEY LAVELL PHILLIPSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 101
- FRED ROMAN SAIZSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 101
- EDWARD MICHAEL SIEBENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- GERALD F TRITTSCHUHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.