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KENNETH ROBERT EYRING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – March 19, 1969
Service recordKenneth Robert Eyring, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 77
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 77
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD GILLIAMCorporal · March 19, 1969
- ANTHONY ALFRED GIRETTISecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MASON GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE LEE DAVISONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 74
- EDDIE RALPH KELLEYSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 80
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.