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JOE BUTLER EASTERN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1948 – March 18, 1969
Service recordJoe Butler Eastern, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 67
- LARRY KENT DAVISSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- EDWARD CARL DEBOWSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
- THOMAS MITCHELL DEITZStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- LEONARD DODSONSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BARRETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 65
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 65
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 66
- LARRY KENT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 67
- JIMMY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 70
- WILLIAM LOVETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 71
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.