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JERRY ARNOLD EATON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – May 17, 1970
Service recordJerry Arnold Eaton, of Clermont, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Clermont, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 56
- MICHAEL LEE BLOOMFIELDCorporal · May 17, 1970
- PAUL ROGER BROWDERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1970
- WILLIAM WALTER COLYERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1970
- MICHAEL HARRY CORWINSergeant · May 17, 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.