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ELIJAH INGRAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1949 – June 19, 1969
Service recordElijah Ingram, of Cocoa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 90
- GARLAND BRYAN KING JRLieutenant Colonel · June 19, 1969
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK LITTLESpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 86
- JAMES ROBERT DANIELCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 87
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · Panel 22W, Line 90
- HENRY DON MATHEWSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 91
- JERROLD S PEARLSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 92
- RAYMOND ALLAN VOSSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Cocoa
- JAMES HENRY BRODTCaptain · May 29, 1963
- WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JRMajor · April 2, 1966
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- BRENT JOHN TOSHSergeant · February 15, 1968
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
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.