FORCE RECON Eakin, Shelton Lee

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Eakin
  • FORENAME
Shelton Lee
  • UNIT
1 Recon Bn (D Company) (1 MarDiv)
  • RANK
Second Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
096591
  • DATE OF DEATH
27th July 1966
  • AGE
31
  • GRAVESITE
funeral in Texarkana,Miller County,Arkansas
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Texarkana,Arkansas
born 17.2.1935 Texarkana,Arkansas
husband of Deanna Eakin,1030 Linden Street,Texarkana,Arkansas
14 years service
1 Force Recon Company late 1950s/early 1960s (Staff Sgt)
instructor,Recon School,Naval Amphibious Base,Coronado,California early 1960s (GnySgt)
first ever Colour Sergeant,Marine Barracks,Washington,D.C. 1965-66
commissioned June 1966
WIA Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam
DOW 12 hours later on a hospital ship
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 9E Line 79
 

DATE OF DEATH:

27-Jul-1966
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