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ELDON CHRIST VANBEBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – June 5, 1966
Service recordEldon Christ Vanbeber, of Evergreen, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator-Maintainer (31C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Evergreen, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 13
- EPHRAIM VASQUEZStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- WILLIAM WINTON WEBBSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1966
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITHSergeant · June 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 11
- LESTER LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 12
- ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 12
From Evergreen
- THOMAS PAUL RAYHospitalman · October 10, 1967
- GREGORY MICHAEL ROUSELance Corporal · July 25, 1968
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.