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ALLAN LADD ELMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1946 – March 21, 1966
Service recordAllan Ladd Elmore, of Hollywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 30
- RONNIE EDWARD CONNACHERLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOSEPH BARNETT FEARNOMajor · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS BERNARD FLOODLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY FRANKLINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BERNARD FLOODLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 30
- JULIUS JOSEPH VALINT JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 36
- WILLIAM GLENN WADELance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 36
From Hollywood
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRED EUGENE TATELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · August 20, 1968
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.