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WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1945 – April 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam Franklin Eldridge, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 38
- BARRY H DULYEASergeant · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT LOVIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- BERNARD LYLE FOXSergeant · April 18, 1968
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 39
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 39
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 40
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 41
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
- FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
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.