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EUGENE FELTS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 3, 1949 – December 29, 1968
Service recordEugene Felts JR, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 41 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 4
- DENNIS WAYNE FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY HAUPT IIILance Corporal · December 29, 1968
- CARL RODMAN HINKLESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- DAN NINKEY JAMESSpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.