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EUGENE EBEN WOLTERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1951 – August 30, 1970
Service recordEugene Eben Wolters, of Coeur D'alene, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Arms Repairer/Technician (2111)
- Born
- January 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Coeur D'alene, Idaho (Kootenai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 25
- RUBERT GREGORY HUMPHREYSPrivate · August 20, 1970
- JIM MARBLE RHEADSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- OTTO STONE JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1970
- LEON PAUL TRIDLESpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- LARRY REAUMAINE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
From Coeur D'alene
- FRANKLIN DELANO MCNARYSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 13, 1967
- HOWARD BERT WALDRONMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE FUNKEPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- WILLIAM DARWIN BLENKINSOPCorporal · August 29, 1970
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.