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JOSHUA WAY EASON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1939 – January 25, 1967
Service recordJoshua Way Eason, of Marianna, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 76
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Marianna, Arkansas (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 76
- BRIAN DALY CONLAN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1967
- JEROME CONNERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- ARCHIE MERLIN ELLYSONSergeant First Class · January 25, 1967
From Marianna
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES LEE BROWN JRCorporal · February 13, 1968
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
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.