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DONOVAN KEITH ELWELL
Private · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – February 25, 1967
Service recordDonovan Keith Elwell, of Buxton, Maine, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Buxton, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 89
- JOE WILSON BARNESSergeant · February 25, 1967
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARENCE DAYTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HOWARD GRANOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 90
- JOHN MALCOLM ZELENICKSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 92
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.