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BOBBY GENE MCELHANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordBobby Gene McElhaney, of Huntsville, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Arkansas (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 32
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- ORRIE E MACOMB JRCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOSEPH THOMAS MCKEON JRSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 37
From Huntsville
- TERRY LYNN GILLIAMCorporal · July 19, 1969
- JAMES LLOYD VAUGHANLieutenant Colonel · July 8, 1972
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.