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ROBERT GLENN EASTON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 8, 1947 – July 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Glenn Easton, of Granada Hills, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 16, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Granada Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 6
- JAMES VERNON DAWSONCaptain · July 16, 1969
- JAMES MARTIN FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- RONALD ALVIN HOFFSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- KENNETH MAX WILLISChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 16, 1969
From Granada Hills
- MICHAEL STEVEN UHLIGWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- JOHN CORWIN YAGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- ROGER L DUCEFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- MALCOLM D WHITING IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · September 6, 1969
- LARRY DALE STROUSESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND MANEMANNCorporal · November 2, 1969
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
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.