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EMMANUEL LLOYD EATON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1947 – October 27, 1966
Service recordEmmanuel Lloyd Eaton, of Tower Hill, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Tower Hill, Illinois (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 118
- STANLEY SMITH COPE JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- RAY ELBERT DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1966
- FRANK ANTHONY GLOWIAKSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- TERRY LEE GRUBEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
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.