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ELBERT JAMES SAULS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1931 – March 14, 1969
Service recordElbert James Sauls, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 40
- JAMES LAWRENCE RIPANTIFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1969
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- ANTONIO ELIZONDO RUIZPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM SMITHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 1969
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.