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JAMES DOYLE EISENHOUR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 10, 1945 – August 18, 1968
Service recordJames Doyle Eisenhour, of La Crosse, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 40
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
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Kansas (Rush County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 40
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- PHILIP ANTHONY DAMICO JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GILBERT TREVINIO DELGADOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ARTHUR LEROY DOILEY JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOHN BEGOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 37
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 41
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.