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EUGENE SMALL
Private · U.S. Army
June 27, 1944 – March 20, 1968
Service recordEugene Small, of Palatka, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 43
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 43
- LESLIE BERKLEY SAYREFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- FRANKLIN ELLIOTT SPEIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- ORIS CAMILLUS TAYLORSergeant · March 20, 1968
- WILLIE SANDFORD TILLMONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 36
- JOSEPH J CASSIDY JRSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 38
- WILLIAM GOODHEARTSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 39
- WILLIE GRANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 39
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · Panel 45E, Line 44
From Palatka
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- GRAT ALBERT KEENECorporal · March 31, 1968
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.