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ELGIN JOHN JURI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1949 – June 29, 1969
Service recordElgin John Juri, of Menlo Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Menlo Park, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 33
- ALAN MURRAY HORNSecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- FREDRICK ALLEN LISIEWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · June 29, 1969
- HERBERT JAMES LOTTESSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
From Menlo Park
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- SALVADOR ZABALA JRSergeant · February 22, 1967
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- MARC WAYNE MCCABESergeant · February 28, 1968
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
- GARY DEAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 4, 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.