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SHELTON LEE EAKIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1935 – July 27, 1966
Service recordShelton Lee Eakin, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 79
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- THOMAS WALKERStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1966
- DANNY WAYNE WANAMAKERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JAMES WILFORD COLLINSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
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.