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KENNETH JONES EYER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordKenneth Jones Eyer JR, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Pasquotank County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 38
- PETER FRANK FEGATELLISpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ALBERT DEAN FOSTERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1969
- CHARLES JEFFERY FREELANDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAM EGGERTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 37
From Elizabeth City
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SADLERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 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.