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EUGENE LAW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1948 – January 13, 1968
Service recordEugene Law, of Linden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Linden, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 45
- ALFRED BAYARD RUSSFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1968
- EDWARD SANCHEZ JRLance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- HAROLD LEE SCHRECKENGOSTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
From Linden
- FRANKLIN MICHAEL TUNICKLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE KNOSKYCorporal · May 14, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
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.