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EDDIE RAY EATMON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1935 – May 2, 1970
Service recordEddie Ray Eatmon, of Micro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 23, 1935
- Home of record
- Micro, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 84
- WILLIAM WESLEY DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 2, 1970
- CURTIS GAITHERCorporal · May 2, 1970
- STEVEN JOSEPH GREENLEEWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1970
- VASSAR WILLIAM HURT IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WINTHROP DASHSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 83
- WILLIAM WESLEY DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 84
- STEVEN JOSEPH GREENLEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 84
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.