Grave marker for Cpl Eugene H. Kirkland in Section N Site
31300A, Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale (Suffolk
county), New York. Cp Kirkland died on 8
May 1968 of multiple fragmentation wounds suffered during an
engagement east of Firebase Bastogne, 12 km West South West of
Nam Hoa, South Vietnam.
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His
sacrifice was recognized by the State of New York when he was
posthumously awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross on 20 January
1969.
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