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MONTY JAY EICHHORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – September 19, 1969
Service recordMonty Jay Eichhorn, of Croswell, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 113
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Croswell, Michigan (Sanilac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 113
- MARTIN BARRY DYER JRSergeant · September 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY FISHERFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE GUTKECorporal · September 19, 1969
- WILLIAM HALL JRSergeant · September 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 114
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.