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EDWIN RAYMOND EASON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 8, 1930 – November 19, 1964
Service recordEdwin Raymond Eason, of Blythe, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 19, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Blythe, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1964
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1964; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 72
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- EUGENE MICHAEL PALISKISStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1964
- WILLIAM REYNOLDS MARTINCaptain · November 18, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
From Blythe
- FRANK MEADOWS PIPKINSergeant · February 4, 1967
- GENE DOUGLAS KILLGORELance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- ARTHUR TERRY GALLAGHERCorporal · December 12, 1969
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.