ON THE WALL: Panel 43E Line 57
United States Navy
Constructionman
Start Tour: 01/15/1968
Casualty Date: 03/08/1968
Age at Loss: 20
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Body recovered
Hostile, died outright
Ground casualty (or inland waterway)
Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar
DCR Report:
...Camp Barnes received 10 rounds of enemy rocket and artillery fire, The action resulted in 3 KIA's. CN E.E. Nevins, CEW2 J.P. Hartlage II, and BUL2 J.W. Borders; and 8 WIA's, SWFCN J.L. Ward, SWF2 G.R. Adams, BUL3 R.A. Terry, BULCN M.C. Radford, CEP2 D.L. Spahn, CEP3 W.D. White, BUL2 E.J. Sykora Jr., and CEW3 K.E. Mullis. One berthing hut was completely destroyed.
From a Brother Seabee
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins from Osbourn, Kansas lost his life at the age of 20 on March 08, 1968.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins was born on August 22, 1947 and had 2 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on January 15, 1968 assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) 3rd Naval Construction Brigade, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 08, 1968 beginning at 8:30 AM, Dong Ha Combat Base in Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam was hit by approximately 80 rounds of rocket fire emanating from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam. Task Force Slawson, a support group from the U.S Army’s 1st Logistical Command based at Dong Ha to provide logistical and maintenance support to 108th Artillery Group and other Army elements in the vicinity, suffered the loss of ten personnel in the barrage. Sixteen others were wounded in the attack. The Navy lost 3 Seabees, CN Nevins, CEW2 Hartlage II and BUL2 Borders. They also had 8 wounded, SWFCN Ward, SWF2 Adams, BUL3 Terry, BULCN Radford, CEP2 Spahn, CEP3 White, BUL2 Sykora and CEW3 Mullis from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) at Camp Barnes that were there to furnish surveillance of enemy troop movements across the DMZ. One of those casualties was CN Eldon Eugene Nevins who was killed in action by an explosive device and died outright from multiple fragmentation wounds when a round hit the berthing hut that was completely destroyed.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 43E, Line 57.
Contributor: Bruce Barney (48607679) • [email protected]
United States Navy
Constructionman
Start Tour: 01/15/1968
Casualty Date: 03/08/1968
Age at Loss: 20
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Body recovered
Hostile, died outright
Ground casualty (or inland waterway)
Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar
DCR Report:
...Camp Barnes received 10 rounds of enemy rocket and artillery fire, The action resulted in 3 KIA's. CN E.E. Nevins, CEW2 J.P. Hartlage II, and BUL2 J.W. Borders; and 8 WIA's, SWFCN J.L. Ward, SWF2 G.R. Adams, BUL3 R.A. Terry, BULCN M.C. Radford, CEP2 D.L. Spahn, CEP3 W.D. White, BUL2 E.J. Sykora Jr., and CEW3 K.E. Mullis. One berthing hut was completely destroyed.
From a Brother Seabee
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins from Osbourn, Kansas lost his life at the age of 20 on March 08, 1968.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins was born on August 22, 1947 and had 2 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on January 15, 1968 assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) 3rd Naval Construction Brigade, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 08, 1968 beginning at 8:30 AM, Dong Ha Combat Base in Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam was hit by approximately 80 rounds of rocket fire emanating from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam. Task Force Slawson, a support group from the U.S Army’s 1st Logistical Command based at Dong Ha to provide logistical and maintenance support to 108th Artillery Group and other Army elements in the vicinity, suffered the loss of ten personnel in the barrage. Sixteen others were wounded in the attack. The Navy lost 3 Seabees, CN Nevins, CEW2 Hartlage II and BUL2 Borders. They also had 8 wounded, SWFCN Ward, SWF2 Adams, BUL3 Terry, BULCN Radford, CEP2 Spahn, CEP3 White, BUL2 Sykora and CEW3 Mullis from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) at Camp Barnes that were there to furnish surveillance of enemy troop movements across the DMZ. One of those casualties was CN Eldon Eugene Nevins who was killed in action by an explosive device and died outright from multiple fragmentation wounds when a round hit the berthing hut that was completely destroyed.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 43E, Line 57.
Contributor: Bruce Barney (48607679) • [email protected]
ON THE WALL: Panel 43E Line 57
United States Navy
Constructionman
Start Tour: 01/15/1968
Casualty Date: 03/08/1968
Age at Loss: 20
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Body recovered
Hostile, died outright
Ground casualty (or inland waterway)
Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar
DCR Report:
...Camp Barnes received 10 rounds of enemy rocket and artillery fire, The action resulted in 3 KIA's. CN E.E. Nevins, CEW2 J.P. Hartlage II, and BUL2 J.W. Borders; and 8 WIA's, SWFCN J.L. Ward, SWF2 G.R. Adams, BUL3 R.A. Terry, BULCN M.C. Radford, CEP2 D.L. Spahn, CEP3 W.D. White, BUL2 E.J. Sykora Jr., and CEW3 K.E. Mullis. One berthing hut was completely destroyed.
From a Brother Seabee
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins from Osbourn, Kansas lost his life at the age of 20 on March 08, 1968.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins was born on August 22, 1947 and had 2 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on January 15, 1968 assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) 3rd Naval Construction Brigade, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 08, 1968 beginning at 8:30 AM, Dong Ha Combat Base in Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam was hit by approximately 80 rounds of rocket fire emanating from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam. Task Force Slawson, a support group from the U.S Army’s 1st Logistical Command based at Dong Ha to provide logistical and maintenance support to 108th Artillery Group and other Army elements in the vicinity, suffered the loss of ten personnel in the barrage. Sixteen others were wounded in the attack. The Navy lost 3 Seabees, CN Nevins, CEW2 Hartlage II and BUL2 Borders. They also had 8 wounded, SWFCN Ward, SWF2 Adams, BUL3 Terry, BULCN Radford, CEP2 Spahn, CEP3 White, BUL2 Sykora and CEW3 Mullis from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) at Camp Barnes that were there to furnish surveillance of enemy troop movements across the DMZ. One of those casualties was CN Eldon Eugene Nevins who was killed in action by an explosive device and died outright from multiple fragmentation wounds when a round hit the berthing hut that was completely destroyed.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 43E, Line 57.
Contributor: Bruce Barney (48607679) • [email protected]
United States Navy
Constructionman
Start Tour: 01/15/1968
Casualty Date: 03/08/1968
Age at Loss: 20
Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam
Body recovered
Hostile, died outright
Ground casualty (or inland waterway)
Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar
DCR Report:
...Camp Barnes received 10 rounds of enemy rocket and artillery fire, The action resulted in 3 KIA's. CN E.E. Nevins, CEW2 J.P. Hartlage II, and BUL2 J.W. Borders; and 8 WIA's, SWFCN J.L. Ward, SWF2 G.R. Adams, BUL3 R.A. Terry, BULCN M.C. Radford, CEP2 D.L. Spahn, CEP3 W.D. White, BUL2 E.J. Sykora Jr., and CEW3 K.E. Mullis. One berthing hut was completely destroyed.
From a Brother Seabee
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins from Osbourn, Kansas lost his life at the age of 20 on March 08, 1968.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins was born on August 22, 1947 and had 2 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam on January 15, 1968 assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) 3rd Naval Construction Brigade, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam.
On March 08, 1968 beginning at 8:30 AM, Dong Ha Combat Base in Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam was hit by approximately 80 rounds of rocket fire emanating from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam. Task Force Slawson, a support group from the U.S Army’s 1st Logistical Command based at Dong Ha to provide logistical and maintenance support to 108th Artillery Group and other Army elements in the vicinity, suffered the loss of ten personnel in the barrage. Sixteen others were wounded in the attack. The Navy lost 3 Seabees, CN Nevins, CEW2 Hartlage II and BUL2 Borders. They also had 8 wounded, SWFCN Ward, SWF2 Adams, BUL3 Terry, BULCN Radford, CEP2 Spahn, CEP3 White, BUL2 Sykora and CEW3 Mullis from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) at Camp Barnes that were there to furnish surveillance of enemy troop movements across the DMZ. One of those casualties was CN Eldon Eugene Nevins who was killed in action by an explosive device and died outright from multiple fragmentation wounds when a round hit the berthing hut that was completely destroyed.
Constructionman Eldon Eugene Nevins is honored on the Vietnam Memorial at Panel 43E, Line 57.
Contributor: Bruce Barney (48607679) • [email protected]
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