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JOHN PATRICK EYNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1946 – October 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Patrick Eynon, of Yuba City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 44
- THOMAS HARRY TREBATOSKIAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
- PHILIP MICHAEL CALLANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- HENRY LEE CREEKPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- SAM WEBSTER DAILYStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · October 4, 1966
From Yuba City
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
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.