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TOMMY RAY EATON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – December 17, 1968
Service recordTommy Ray Eaton, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 34
- KENNETH ROY CRISTCaptain · December 17, 1968
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · December 17, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DREWESCaptain · December 17, 1968
- PHILLIP HENRY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 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.