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GEORGE ELWOOD EATON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1943 – April 26, 1969
Service recordGeorge Elwood Eaton, of Blanchard, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Blanchard, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 53
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- JAMES R DORSEY JRStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
- JAMES BOYD EAST JRMajor · April 26, 1969
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 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.