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WILLIAM JACK EISENHOWER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Jack Eisenhower, of Trout Run, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Trout Run, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 6
- JERRY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- JACK HARLAN KAMRATHPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- JOHN ELDEN LAIPPLESergeant · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN BOWERSSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 30
- JOHNNIE CARTER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 31
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 3
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 7
- HARRY DUNCAN SISKStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOHN CHARLES STULLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- IMLAY SCOTT WIDDISONCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Trout Run
- DUANE ALLEN HIPPLESergeant · February 26, 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.