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MELVIN WARREN EAKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1945 – May 2, 1969
Service recordMelvin Warren Eakins, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 98
- LUIS PHILIP CRUZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN FRATTOLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.