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ELBERT MARCANTEL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1938 – June 20, 1971
Service recordElbert Marcantel, of Mamou, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 84
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 19, 1938
- Home of record
- Mamou, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 84
- MARLIN MCCLELLAND MILLERFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1971
- JOHNNY SOTOCorporal · June 20, 1971
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ YBARRASpecialist Four · June 20, 1971
- BILLY JOE WATSONSergeant First Class · June 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EUGENE LEISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 83
From Mamou
- HAROLD FONTENOTPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
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.