Eightball — Full Metal Jacket Character Profile

About Eightball

A Marine in the Lusthog Squad who is killed by a Viet Cong sniper during a patrol in the devastated city of Hue. His sudden death highlights the lethal and unpredictable dangers faced by the squad during urban combat operations.

Character Facts

Played by

Dorian Harewood

Appears in

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Eightball — Alliance Teammate — Doc Jay (Jon Stafford)

  Fellow Marines fighting side-by-side in Vietnam.

• Eightball — Alliance Teammate — Animal Mother (Adam Baldwin)

  Fellow Marines fighting side-by-side in Vietnam.

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