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EUGENE NAYLOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – October 22, 1967
Service recordEugene Naylor, of Lancaster, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Kentucky (Garrard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 51
- RONALD RUSSELL PEARSONLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROGER DALE ROMINEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH RYANCorporal · October 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE ROMINEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 51
From Lancaster
- RAYMOND LUKE NAYLORSergeant · February 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
- BILLY JOE SEBASTIANCorporal · April 25, 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.