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GEDIMINAS JUST EIDUKAITIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 28, 1939 – May 19, 1967
Service recordGediminas Just Eidukaitis, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 41
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 336 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “336 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 41
- WILLIAM JENNINGS CORBINPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JAMES WILBUR ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS HOWARD FAIRFIELDLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HOWARD TIGHECorporal · Panel 20E, Line 50
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.