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ELBERT HENRY MAXWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1948 – February 1, 1968
Service recordElbert Henry Maxwell, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 56
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36E, Line 56
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR MELTON JRCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES JIM PETREYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 47
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 48
- WILLIAM KEITH MARCINPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 55
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- HARRY VAN ARNAM MOSHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 57
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 59
- DORTY HINCHMAN SCOTT JRSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- JOHN FRANCIS SEVICKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- LYNN HUDSON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 61
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 61
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 1968
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.