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ELGIN LEROY STIRLING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1946 – July 12, 1965
Service recordElgin Leroy Stirling, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 36
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
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 36
- FRANK STANLEY REASONERFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEE REMMERSCorporal · July 12, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
From San Bernardino
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
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.