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SAMUEL HOUSTON EBERHART
Captain · U.S. Army
April 22, 1941 – February 4, 1971
Service recordSamuel Houston Eberhart, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 77
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 77
- JACKIE LEE DENNYCorporal · February 4, 1971
- LARRY HUNTER MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1971
- DANIEL JERRY MULLENPrivate First Class · February 4, 1971
- GREGORY S SOMERSPrivate · February 4, 1971
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.