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MARK HASKIN EATON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – August 13, 1971
Service recordMark Haskin Eaton, of Taylorsville, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 131
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Taylorsville, Mississippi (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 131
- LAWRENCE BARBE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1971
- JOHN FREDERICK PEPINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1971
- FLOYD WILLIAM KOTEWA JRSergeant · August 14, 1971
- HAYWOOD RODGERSSergeant · August 14, 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.