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ROBERT LEROY EATON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Leroy Eaton, of Inman, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 55
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Inman, Nebraska (Holt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 55
- ANTHONY ADAMS BARBARINOSergeant First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH CHARLES CLIFTONCorporal · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH JOE DAVISSergeant · February 4, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT DURHAMPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CHARLES CLIFTONCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 55
- STEPHEN CHRISTIAN WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 60
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.