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JESSE GEORGE EASTMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1944 – March 22, 1966
Service recordJesse George Eastman, of Fulton, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Fulton, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 38
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD J DEVINCENT JRCorporal · March 22, 1966
- FRANK RYAN ESCHPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- ARNOLD JOE FAULKNERPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
From Fulton
- ALLEN PAUL BROEKHUIZENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL GRAY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 1969
- GEORGE AIKMAN FINTERLieutenant Colonel · February 28, 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.