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JOHN HENRY EAGLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1942 – April 11, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Eaglin, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 99
- CHARLES ONEIL DIXON JRAirman · January 4, 1966
- PHILYAW FEEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- EUGENE GARRETT JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- EDWARD LEE GEORGEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- BOZY GERALDStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- LEONARD BURTON POORESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.