- 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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