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JOSEPH MILTON EASON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1950 – April 30, 1971
Service recordJoseph Milton Eason, of Easton, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Easton, Maryland (Talbot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 19
- RICHARD STEWARTPrivate · April 29, 1971
- HAROLD KINGSLEY ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 30, 1971
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · April 30, 1971
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST RICHARD HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · Panel 3W, Line 20
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 20
From Easton
- THOMAS NELSON BLADESStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
- GANNON CLARK MILBY JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1968
- EDWARD FRANKLIN AYERSStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1969
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.