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RUSSELL WILLIAM EGGERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRussell William Eggert, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 10
- MALCOLM CYRIL DULACFirst Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- JERRY RICHARD DUNDASSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JOHN W ECKELLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND EVANSCorporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE BLATTELChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 2
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 11
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 27
- BARRY THOMAS REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- ROBERT GEORGE WEDDENDORFCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.