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JOHN ARTHUR ELLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1943 – August 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Eller, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 40
- JOHN LEO DIEDERICHSergeant · August 23, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS DONOHUELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- CLIFFORD ARVIN DRAPERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.