Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 13-Feb-1948
Hometown: New Castle, Indiana
Marital status: Married to Nancy K. Eaton
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Feb-1968
Start of tour: 22-Jul-1968
Incident date: 17-Dec-1968
Date of casualty: 17-Dec-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Tommy Ray Eaton died from wound received while observer on military vehicle on combat operation when the vehicle hit a hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana, USA
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