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JOHN PATRICK EADS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1945 – January 13, 1967
Service recordJohn Patrick Eads, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 21
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 21
- JERRY JAMES DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.