GREEN BERETS Eaton, Mark Haskin

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Eaton ​

• FORENAME

Mark Haskin ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Task Force Advisory Element 1) (RT North Carolina) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

587384647 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

13th August 1971 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Clear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery,Taylorsville,Smith County,Mississippi​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Taylorsville,Mississippi​

born 12.10.1947 Taylorsville,Mississippi​

son of Blaine Haskin and Hazel Elaine (nee Ford) Eaton,Taylorsville,Mississippi​

husband of Mary Beth Eaton,Taylorsville,Mississippi (1 son David)​

attended Boys Conservation School,Hattiesburg,Mississippi​

graduated Mississippi State University 1965​

entered service 1967​

graduated SF 16.10.1970​

5 SF Group (Company E,Det C-5) 1970-71​

MACV-SOG-CCN-RT North Carolina 1971​

Psychological Warfare Section,TF-1AE 1971​

promoted Staff Sergeant posthumously​

awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with V​

KIA 7k WSW of Ta Ko,Quang Nam Province,South Vietnam ​

Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Ocean Springs,Mississippi Panel 21W​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 03W Line 131​

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