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DAVID HENRY ELISOVSKY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – January 23, 1966
Service recordDavid Henry Elisovsky, of Cordova, Alaska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Cordova, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 83
- EDMUND HENRY FRENYEAMaster Chief Petty Officer · January 22, 1966
- ROBERT RUSSELL SENNETTSenior Chief Petty Officer · January 22, 1966
- ERWIN BENARD TEMPLIN JRLieutenant Commander · January 22, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · Panel 4E, Line 83
From Cordova
- DAVID ALEN LAPEWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 1967
- MICHAEL DEAN BANTAPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
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.