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RODGER DEAN ECKSTEIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – October 2, 1967
Service recordRodger Dean Eckstein, of Kalispell, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 38
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 591 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalispell, Montana (Flathead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 38
- DAVID BRUCE TUCKERMajor · October 1, 1967
- JESSIE SEYMORE BREWERStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- IVAN CLAUS KINGStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1967
From Kalispell
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLECorporal · January 14, 1970
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · October 13, 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.