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ROBERT WILLIAM EAGLESON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – March 10, 1968
Service recordRobert William Eagleson, of Eddyville, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Eddyville, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 6
- ROBERT EDMUND COCHRANStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1968
- FORBIS PIPKIN DURANT JRLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- GEORGE FREDERICK EDWARDSLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES DALE FLOODSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EVAN ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 4
- RAYMOND ARTHUR DUBBSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 5
- ROBERT EDMUND COCHRANStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 6
- HUBERT HASKEL GORDON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 7
- JOHN FOSTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 8
- BOSCH DWAINE WILME VANDENPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 8
- JAMES ALFRED LESSEGPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 9
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.