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JOHN WILLIAM EASTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1941 – September 25, 1968
Service recordJohn William Easton, of Anaheim, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 10
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- RONALD LEON DELVERDECorporal · September 25, 1968
- LARRY GENE DROWNPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- ERNEST LEROY ROWESergeant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 9
- WILLIAM ARTHUR CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 9
- ROGER ALAN FULKERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 11
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 12
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 12
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.