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LINDEN DALE EILER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – April 25, 1968
Service recordLinden Dale Eiler JR, of Peru, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Peru, Indiana (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 4
- ANDREW PHILLIP CORBINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN CROSSMANMajor · April 25, 1968
- PAUL LESLIE DENNISLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACK BITTINGSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 2
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52E, Line 4
- HUBIA JUDE GUILLORYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 5
- DANIEL MARTIN KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 6
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 7
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 7
- BOLEN PONDEXDER MCGEESpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 8
- JERRY DOYNE MCMANUSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 9
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 11
- KENNETH GLENN SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 11
From Peru
- MICHAEL J MILLERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ALLEN GRIMESStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MILLERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · October 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELLSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1969
- WAYNE ELDON KAUFMANPetty Officer Third Class · February 14, 1970
- LEWIS ALAN WALTONWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 1971
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.