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FRANK GEORGE EAVES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordFrank George Eaves, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 1
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 1
- ANTHONY ALBERT DISCEPOLOLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- MELVIN DIVENSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKICorporal · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD CARL FINAHospitalman · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 5
- WILLIAM EDWARD CASSIDYPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 6
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67E, Line 7
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 3
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 5
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 69E, Line 1
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.