MELVIN EAKINS
Panel 26W ROW 098 - 02-May-69

LCPL. Melvin Warren Eakins 2343117/6320 USMC was from Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on December 2, 1945. He arrived in Vietnam on March 25, 1969. He was years 23 old at the time of his death.. He died on May 2, 1969 in Quang Tri Province. He was a gunner of CH-46D buno 152559 which crashed on land after a mid-air collision with an army UH-1. His body was recovered. He was not married. His religion was Protestant. His race is officially listed as Negro. He had two year’s service at the time of his death.

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