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ELDON JOHN KIRKPATRICK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – March 11, 1968
Service recordEldon John Kirkpatrick JR, of Ashland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashland, Ohio (Ashland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 18
- HERBERT ARTHUR KIRKStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM KMETZSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- ELMER DALE LAUCKChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 11, 1968
- DANIEL LLOYD MEYSEMBOURGPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PORTER EARL CALLOWAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 15
- JAMES LEO NUFERPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 19
- GEORGE HERMAN OEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 19
- TONY LARUE TATESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 22
- JEFFREY ARTHUR TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 22
- GERALD FRANCIS WERNSDORFERSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 23
From Ashland
- ROGER DEAN ADAMSLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE KANEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL LONGPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- JAMES STEPHENSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD HEIFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EARL ERNEST ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
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.