Specialist Four (SP4) Eldon Garamillo
United States Army
Company C, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Division (3rd Brigade)
Born: February 10, 1944
Home of Record: Overton, Nebraska
Killed in Action: January 2, 1968
Casualty Province: Tây Ninh, South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 33E, Line 18
Service and Sacrifice
SP4 Eldon Garamillo served with the 25th Infantry Division, one of the Army’s most heavily engaged divisions in Vietnam.
On the night of January 1–2, 1968, Eldon’s unit was among the American forces defending Fire Support Base Burt in Tây Ninh Province when a major enemy assault hit the base, a New Year’s attack that became one of the most intense fights of that period.
Eldon was killed in action on January 2, 1968, and his name is permanently engraved on the Wall in Washington, D.C.
🌟 Reflection
A New Year should begin with peace.
For SP4 Eldon Garamillo, it began with duty, danger, and the kind of courage that doesn’t get a countdown clock, only a moment of decision.
Today, we say his name out loud.
And we make sure it stays said.
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At mickyspano.com/, we honor the men and women who stepped forward when our nation called.
Today we recognize Specialist Four Eldon Garamillo, United States Army — a Vietnam hero from Overton, Nebraska, who made the ultimate sacrifice in Tây Ninh Province on January 2, 1968, and is remembered on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 33E, Line 18.
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