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ELDON WILLIAM TOZER
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
March 29, 1934 – November 20, 1969
Service recordEldon William Tozer, of Natick, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 20, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 103
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Natick, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 103
- RODNEY KENT RANSONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- WALTER A RENELTColonel · November 20, 1969
- BARRY JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- JON ARNOLD TURNERAirman · November 20, 1969
From Natick
- THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVANPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- ROGER DAVID BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1969
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · February 15, 1971
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.