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DONALD ROBERT ELMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1948 – August 1, 1967
Service recordDonald Robert Elmore, of Buckeye, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 60
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)
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Buckeye, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 60
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- DOUGLAS M FRANKLINSergeant · August 1, 1967
- ALVIN MAYNARD GOODWINLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- GUSTAVE FRANKLIN GUDLESKECaptain · August 1, 1967
From Buckeye
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- GERONIMO LERMASpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- HERMAN SERNASpecialist Five · May 14, 1970
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · September 9, 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.