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JOHN WESLEY EUTSLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 19, 1948 – January 31, 1969
Service recordJohn Wesley Eutsler, of Spencerville, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Spencerville, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 25
- HARRY JAMES CLOUDSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- THOMAS RAYMOND DAVISLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- DONALD MATHEW MICHELS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWIN MILLER IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 27
From Spencerville
- RICHARD NEAL ROBEYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LAMMERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1971
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.