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WARREN REED ESKRIDGE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – January 28, 1969
Service recordWarren Reed Eskridge, of Tangier, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Tangier, Virginia (Accomack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 7
- LEWIS ANDRES CALLAWAY IIISergeant · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK DUGGANPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL GRAY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 1969
- PHILIP BOYD JONESSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DARRON FREDERICK ZICCHINOSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 9
- CARL DALE PIPHERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 11
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.