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ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Donald Eickleberry, of Liberty, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Liberty, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 97
- HENRY DAVID CUSTENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- RANDOLPH EUBANKSSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- WESLEY ELMER FLANIGANCaptain · February 23, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH GARRITY JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD STANLEY BIESANTZPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 89
- WILLIAM ROY LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 8
- ROBERT MICHAEL LEESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 8
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PASTULASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 14
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 20
- JERRY DEAN SPRADLINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 23
From Liberty
- ROBERT JOSEPH RUNSERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
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.