Rank: Sergeant First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary (Korea) Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge, Drill Sergeant Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 23-Aug-1935
Hometown: Micro, North Carolina
Marital status: Married to Alma L. Eatmon
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 19-Sep-1958
Start of tour: 28-Aug-1969
Incident date: 27-Apr-1970
Date of casualty: 2-May-1970
Age at death: 34
Cause of Death: Hostile, died of wounds. Died Of Wounds. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Eddie Ray Eatmon was a passenger on on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight. Admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, 27 Apr 1970 at 1800 hrs, placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list 29 Apr 1970 at 0200 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred 27 Apr 1970 at 1530 hrs.
Two Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SFC Eddie Ray Eatmon
SFC Theodore Irwin Roberts
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 558 883
Place of interment: Rest Haven Cemetery, Smithfield, North Carolina, USA
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