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ELIJAH DANIEL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1936 – October 22, 1966
Service recordElijah Daniel JR, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1936
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 97
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JAMES LARRY HIGHTOWERCorporal · October 22, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES HOLDENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 94
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- NATHANIEL HARRISSpecialist Four · October 18, 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.