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ELDON EUGENE KRIEGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – May 10, 1967
Service recordEldon Eugene Krieger, of Wayne, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 83
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Wayne, Oklahoma (Mcclain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 83
- JOHN THOMAS KLOCPrivate · May 10, 1967
- BILLY JAMES LAWTONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- JOHNNY ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD J LOISELLEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LUTHER CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 79
From Wayne
- DAVID MACK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 8, 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.