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ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1944 – January 30, 1968
Service recordAnthony Edwin Elliott, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 EVAC HOSP 43 MED GRP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phu Yen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 69
- ARTHUR FLOYD ELLIOTTPrivate · January 30, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN EVANSCaptain · January 30, 1968
- BLAKE WILEY FARRIS JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 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.