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JOE WOFFORD EUBANKS
Captain · U.S. Army
July 30, 1946 – June 2, 1972
Service recordJoe Wofford Eubanks, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 34
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1972; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 34
- BARTLEY ALLEN WALLACESergeant First Class · May 31, 1972
- MONT STEVE SMOOTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1972
- FREDERICK N SUTTLE JRCaptain · June 2, 1972
- HAROLD DANA JONESMajor · June 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK N SUTTLE JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 34
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
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.