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HOWARD MAXWELL EAKIN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
April 15, 1934 – June 5, 1963
Service recordHoward Maxwell Eakin JR, of Rochester, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 15, 1934
- Home of record
- Rochester, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1963
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1963. In June 1963, 5 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 23
- JAMES HENRY BRODTCaptain · May 29, 1963
- NEIL KIRK MACIVERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1963
- CHARLES BUFORD JOHNSON JRCaptain · June 14, 1963
- PERCY WRAY HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · June 18, 1963
From Rochester
- GARY LEONARD MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES EVERETT GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE JAMES SNYDERCorporal · April 19, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD BREWERCorporal · March 15, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH FRITSCH IIIStaff Sergeant · August 10, 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.