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WILLIAM BRADFORD EOFF JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1942 – July 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Bradford Eoff JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 28
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 28
- ROBERT CHARLES DICKINSONMajor · July 1, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- LUDIN GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- EDGAR GODBEYStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FLOYD BURNHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 27
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY ROMANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 54W, Line 29
- MORRIS EDWARD OSTRANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 32
- ROBERT LAWRENCE PULSSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 32
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.