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WILLIAM ALBERT EATON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1952 – April 18, 1970
Service recordWilliam Albert Eaton, of Soldotna, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 5, 1952
- Home of record
- Soldotna, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 21
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1970
- ROY WILLIAM GARDINERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM H HAAKINSON IIISergeant · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM S MONAHAN IIILance Corporal · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 22
From Soldotna
- JERRY VERNE HORNSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
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.