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MARK JAMES EKLUND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1951 – August 6, 1971
Service recordMark James Eklund, of Morris, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Morris, Minnesota (Stevens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 124
- MARSHALL EDWARD NAFFZIGERSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- JAMES CHARLES REAMERStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1971
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- WILLIE MCCLOUD JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 125
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.