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EDDIE BARRY HUBRINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – October 15, 1971
Service recordEddie Barry Hubrins, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 39
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 1971
- IRVING JOHN BROWN JRSergeant · October 14, 1971
- CARL STEVEN MERLINOMajor · October 14, 1971
- RALPH NORRIS LEESpecialist Four · October 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RALPH NORRIS LEESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 39
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.